7 sentences with 'speaking'
Example sentences and phrases with the word speaking and other words derived from it.
• « All the lands Julius Caesar invaded were so thoroughly conquered that the descendants of the Celts ended up speaking Latin-based languages, such as French, instead of their native Celtic dialects. »
• « During the heyday of the Roman Empire, from about AD 1 to 200, it was possible to travel from the Atlantic coast of Spain or Morocco to Mesopotamia using good roads, speaking a common language and enjoying official protection against banditry. »
• « Although united in their beliefs, Christians were divided by language, with the Western Empire still speaking Latin and the Eastern Empire Greek. »
• « Christian learning was a complex issue because, strictly speaking, spiritual salvation was thought to be available to anyone simply by accepting the basic tenets of Christian doctrine. »
• « A great lover of French literature and philosophy, Frederick II of Prussia insisted on speaking only French whenever possible (he once said that German was a language fit only for talking to a horse), and redecorated the Prussian royal palace in the French style, where he avidly hosted Enlightenment salons. »
• « Thus, there was a "surplus population" (to quote Ebenezer Scrooge from A Christmas Carol, speaking of the urban poor) of peasants who were available to work in the first generations of factories. »