Example sentences for: spoils

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

  • The U.S. took possession of Puerto Rico in 1898 as part of its spoils from the Spanish-American War.

  • Thus, they may have opted for full, public disclosure because they knew that that was the only way to ensure that they shared equally in the spoils.

  • Otherwise, to be called "Jones" spoils the meal.

  • It spoils the sport.

  • Trophies of war--from helmets, bayonets, and other innocuous spoils to the grisly byproducts of dismemberment--have a long, if not proud, history.


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