Example sentences for: shanghai

How can you use “shanghai” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The rival Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank is by architect Norman Foster; built on a “coathanger frame,” its floors hang rather than ascend.

  • Now the only runners are the local children, who play among the park’s trees, ponds, and lawns, and the kite-fliers, who occupy the large People’s Square in front of the new Shanghai Museum.

  • These include the Peace Hotel; the Seamen’s Club, formerly the British consulate; and the massive 1923 headquarters of the old Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, recently renovated and transformed into a Chinese bank, with the separate entrances for Chinese and Europeans eliminated.

  • Two popular venues for the performing arts are the Shanghai Center Theatre and the new Grand Theatre (Dajuyuan), Shanghai’s answer to the Sydney Opera House.

  • Less taxing would be a week in and around Shanghai, emphasizing the legendary charms of Wuxi, Suzhou, and Hangzhou.


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