Example sentences for: victorians

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

  • The pathetic state of international disaster relief--arguably the United Nations is better at peacekeeping , which isn't saying much--calls to mind Lytton Strachey's description, in Eminent Victorians , of the anarchy with which Florence Nightingale was confronted when she set out to help wounded British soldiers in Crimea.

  • American Victorians weren't cool: They subscribed to a veritable cult of grief.

  • The interior décor now says much more about the Victorians’ romantic image of Scotland than it does about how the room would have really looked: The walls are lined with suits of armor and swords.

  • Eager to show concern for the right kind of people and to make it clear that he won't shed a tear (or spend a dime) on the--you know--bad people, Al Gore and his followers have been promiscuous with the phrase "America's Working Families," Gore's version of the Victorians' "deserving poor."

  • Four-million dollar Victorians sell in a day.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast