7 sentences with 'sights'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sights and other words derived from it.
• « We never again touched on the topics we used to talk about tirelessly: movies, people, sights, feelings. »
• « "Nothing could stop Stephen Hawking from travelling to faraway places," says his friend and collaborator Roger Penrose. The scientist visited the sights of Beijing and rode his wheelchair along the Great Wall. »
• « Man has once again set his sights on the moon, from which he hopes to obtain its favours (in the form of energy), just as he hoped to do in ancient times. »
• « Charles II also set his sights on the Dutch colony of New Netherland. The English seizure of New Netherland stemmed from the imperial rivalry between the Dutch and the English. »
• « The drive for expansion did not remain dormant, and Anglo-American settlers and leaders in the newly formed republic of Texas soon set their sights on the Mexican province of New Mexico as well. »
• « Unlike the diplomatic solution with Britain over Oregon, when it came to Mexico, Polk and the American people proved willing to use force to take more land from the United States. Following voter expectations, President Polk set his sights on the Mexican state of California. »
• « Cuba was not the only territory in the expansionist sights of slaveholders: some focused on Mexico and Central America. »