Example sentences for: tolls

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

  • Becker, Beijing bureau chief for the South China Morning Post , describes in gory detail how Mao Tse-tung's industrialization program, the Great Leap Forward of 1958, created a devastating famine--30 million dead, more than the combined tolls of Hitler and Stalin.

  • Pavage, pontage, avenage, beaconage , and furnage were taxes or tolls for, respectively, paved roads, bridges, rent in oats, upkeep of beacons, and the use of the lord's oven.

  • All three face opposition from those who would like to privatize knowledge and charge tolls for its use.

  • The room contains original artifacts from Hemingway’s many years in Cuba, including the typewriter he used to write most of For Whom the Bell Tolls (those not staying in the hotel can visit the room for US$2).

  • The building on the site dates from 1591 and served as a council chamber and courthouse for the town in addition to collecting tolls.


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