Example sentences for: wasn

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

  • It wasn’t until over 400 years later, in the mid-1960s, that this quiet village was awakened with the development of Ixtapa.

  • As if that wasn’t enough, processions paraded with placards emblazoned with MANIPOL (Sukarno’s political manifesto) and DEKON (his economic declaration) written on them, and there were others which condemned NEKOLIM (neo-colonialism and imperialism).

  • It wasn’t all warfare — the Indians taught the settlers fishing and weaving techniques still in use today.

  • To the Berbers’ amazement the tables were turned, and it wasn’t long before the Ibicencos were boarding the enemy’s brigantines on the open seas and “liberating” the pirates’ booty —   even that of the greatly feared “Pope” (see box).

  • Monterey Bay was discovered in 1542, but it wasn’t settled until much later, when Father Junípero Serra set up a mission in 1769.


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