Example sentences for: versailles

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

  • To carry this a step farther, the Marquis de Vaudreuil, Governor Bienville’s successor in 1743, attempted to transform New Orleans into an overseas Versailles.

  • The latter was a royal palace for much longer than Versailles, with certain additions made over seven centuries, notably from François I in the 16th century.

  • "Spending more money the same way isn't going to fix anything," he says, criticizing what he calls "Versailles on the Potomac."

  • June: Versailles, chamber music; Strasbourg, music; Honfleur, Whitsun­tide Fête des Marins; Nîmes, Whitsuntide bullfights in amphi­theater; Paris, Festival du Marais (music and theater); Dijon, music and theater, especially street theater (until August)

  • Berlin was going through a wild time, but the Versailles peace treaty had laid heavy burdens on the nation.


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