Example sentences for: spoils

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

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

  • From its rich nappa leather and pigskin lining to its supple comfort, the Prestige tennis shoe spoils your feet.

  • Appalled by the rampant corruption of the spoils system, they instituted civil service reform and the "Australian" secret ballot.

  • 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.

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


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