Example sentences for: xvi

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

  • Recently there came into my possession a photocopy of an article What Gall that appeared in VERBATIM [XVI, 3; by Joe Queenan].

  • As an addendum to Milton Horowitz's letter [XVI,2] about the depiction of Moses with horns, I want to come to the defense of St. Jerome.

  • Louis XVI, grandson of Louis XV, found himself attacked on all sides.

  • Milton Horowitz wrote about a mistranslation of a word in the Bible which was ostensibly responsible for Michelangelo's putting horns on his sculpture of Moses [XVI,2].

  • I must take issue with your quick dismissal of Mr. Saussy's claim that his father earned his bachelor's degree “at the behest of the Marine Corps” [XVI, 4].


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