Sentences with 'pirates'
Example sentences and phrases with the word pirates and other words derived from it.
• « As hostility between England and Spain grew, Elizabeth's government sponsored privateers - pirates working for the English crown - led by a skilled and ruthless captain named Sir Francis Drake. »
• « Nevertheless, Jefferson responded to the capture of American ships and sailors by pirates off the coast of North Africa by taking the United States to war against the Muslim Barbary States in 1801, the first conflict fought by Americans abroad. »
• « After his election, President Buchanan, despite his earlier expansionist efforts, denounced the filibuster as the actions of pirates. Filibustering caused an even greater gulf between North and South. »