Example sentences for: thames

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

  • They were named for their location in Vauxhall, south of the Thames.

  • Note that the old t-for-th sound survives also in Esther, Theresa, the river Thames, the British pronunciation of Anthony as Antony, and the name of the spice thyme , usually called time.

  • The new building, on the Thames' south bank and 50 yards from the original, is praised for its authenticity: harsh wooden benches, vendors selling wine during soliloquies, costumes made using 17 th -century methods.

  • He argues in a recent book, Cities for a Small Planet , that the way to rescue London is to reduce car traffic; develop new neighborhoods for mixed use; and convert the city's greatest natural asset, the Thames riverbank, into public space.

  • From the overlooking hill of the Greenwich Royal Observatory, the structure looks like a whimsical sea monster that crawled out of the Thames.


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