Example sentences for: white-washed

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

  • Along the way is Mértola, an ancient white-washed town founded by the Phoenicians, built up by the Romans, and later seized by the Moors.

  • The fine white-washed town of Arraiolos, 21 km (13 miles) north of Évora, is famed for its carpet workshops.

  • Look hard and you can still see the narrow, outside staircases leading to white-washed towers, where fishermen’s wives, or perhaps smugglers, would look out for the incoming fleet.

  • The fortress encloses a small, medieval village of white-washed houses where tourists still raise eyebrows.

  • This agricultural town is the center of Puglia’s famous trulli, the white-washed cone-shaped houses with ruddy or gray dry-stone roofs dotting the landscape like giant spinning tops turned upside down.


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