Example sentences for: xiv

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

  • They copied Louis XIV’s centralized administration and tax-collection, and by the 18th century Turin was a sparkling royal capital built, quite unlike any other Italian city, in classical French manner.

  • He is to humility what Louis XIV was to gilt-edged furniture.

  • Richelieu’s protégé Mazarin, another cardinal, took over the job of prime minister during the minority of Louis XIV.

  • Highlights of the vast interior include the Royal Chapel, a gem of high Baroque; the State Apartments, in which Louis XIV used to entertain; the Salon de Diane, where he would try his hand at billiards; and the glittering Hall of Mirrors (Galerie des Glaces), 73 m (240 ft) long and built to catch the setting sun in 17 tall, arched panels of mirrors.

  • I found Mr. Henry Henn's amphigory [XIV, 3] on military slang interesting, but his explanation of the meaning of Viet is at variance with my information.


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