Example sentences for: toynbee

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

  • When his aides panic over some nugget of bad news, he calms them down by quoting his sages: Lao Tzu, Euripedes, Toynbee, Covey.

  • Arnold Toynbee, distinguished philosopher of history, in his old age wrote about his having learned about the difference between the American language and my native Unitedkingdomese.

  • Toynbee's dialect actually was Englandese: Scotlandese and Irelandese are quite distinct from that dialect.

  • On the Guardian 's op-ed page, columnist Polly Toynbee attacked British government policy, saying "it's not body bags the Government fears at the moment, it's live Kosovan bodies swamping our shores."


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