Example sentences for: sri

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

  • The official China Daily reported from Sri Lanka Wednesday a ruling by that country's superior court that elephants have a right to be happy.

  • After the Buddha’s death at the age of 80, Buddhism eventually split into two main lines, those who strictly followed his teachings, the Theravada or Hinayana school of Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, and those who allowed new interpretations, the Mahayana Buddhists of China, Japan, Korea, Tibet, India, and Nepal.

  • The term applied to this rather unhealthy situation is diglossia , which does exist in Sinhalese, spoken in Sri Lanka.

  • This original doctrine, without any sense of Buddha’s divinity, was embraced by the Hinayana (Lesser Vehicle) school which spread to Sri Lanka, Burma, and Thailand, as well as Cambodia and Laos.

  • Fear of retribution from the unforgiving Irish, combined with those Sri Lankan girls, is adduced by Winchester as a factor leading to Minor's life as a dictionary maker.


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