Sentence Examples

1. The Gulf of Bengal does not agree with me as well as the Indian Ocean.
2. Divan, walls, ceiling, floor, were all covered with magnificent skins as soft and downy as the richest carpets there were heavy-maned lion-skins from Atlas, striped tiger-skins from Bengal panther-skins from the Cape, spotted beautifully, like those that appeared to Dante bear-skins from Siberia, fox-skins from Norway, and so on and all these skins were strewn in profusion one on the other, so that it seemed like walking over the most mossy turf, or reclining on the most luxurious bed.
3. In the center was a Bengal tiger, his stripes distinct in the light of full noon.
4. The first few days of the voyage passed prosperously, amid favourable weather and propitious winds, and they soon came in sight of the great Andaman, the principal of the islands in the Bay of Bengal, with its picturesque Saddle Peak, two thousand four hundred feet high, looming above the waters.
5. The British Crown exercises a real and despotic dominion over the larger portion of this vast country, and has a governor-general stationed at Calcutta, governors at Madras, Bombay, and in Bengal, and a lieutenant-governor at Agra.
6. Julie was at the entrance of the garden, where she was attentively watching Penelon, who, entering with zeal into his profession of gardener, was very busy grafting some Bengal roses.