Example sentences for: weren

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

  • Whether the northern tribes made the pass difficult to defend by their constant raiding is still debated by scholars, but it is known that the local inhabitants weren’t willing to give the Romans free rein over the whole territory.

  • Sturdy forts protected the mountain passes, and though the remains of a bathhouse at Ravenglass suggest that creature comforts weren’t entirely lacking, life for the average Roman soldier was fairly harsh.

  • Yellow fever, dysentery, and scurvy killed a sizable proportion of these unfortunates, who were crammed into filthy floating prisons (called “hulks”) during the hours they weren’t working.

  • On 27 October 1827, the Greek revolution was won, but the last Turks weren’t evicted from the Acropolis until 1833.

  • The Ranas kept the country completely insulated from the outside world; foreigners weren’t allowed in and few Nepalis could go out.


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