Example sentences for: versailles

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

  • In the 1930s, the road to appeasement was paved by Western guilt over post-World War I policy toward Germany--over the harshness of the Versailles Treaty and reparations.

  • The Versailles Gardens, based on Louis XIV’s formal palace gardens outside Paris, have terraces, fountains, and statues that provide a soothing vista, leading the eye from the house to the cloisters.

  • He concentrated on turning his beloved Potsdam into a mini-Versailles, where French was spoken and Voltaire became his official philosopher-in-residence.

  • Versailles was truly the shining star of Europe by its architectural splendor, and most of all by the sheer hypnotic power of Louis XIV’s cult of self-glorification.

  • He moved the court to Versailles, impoverished the nobility by forcing them to contribute to the incredible luxury of his palace, and imposed as their sole function the support of the king in time of war.


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