8 sentences with 'suit'
Example sentences and phrases with the word suit and other words derived from it.
• « -He is wearing a dark suit, white shirt and blue tie. He is somewhat bald, has tortoiseshell glasses and is rather portly," I said. »
• « They created new borders and provinces to better suit their administration and to ensure that tax revenues flowed back to the capital, Damascus, with the additional idiosyncratic factor of having to pay a continuing salary to all Arab soldiers, even after these soldiers had retired. »
• « North Africa, west of Egypt, broke away in 800, emerging as a group of rival Islamic kingdoms. Other territories followed suit for the rest of the 9th century, leaving the Caliphate in direct control only of the Mesopotamian heartlands. »
• « The Mongols were noted for being willing to change their tactics to suit the needs of a campaign, using siege warfare, terror tactics, even biological warfare (throwing pest-ridden corpses over city walls) as necessary. »
• « The Italians were forced to formally recognise Ethiopian independence and soon other European powers followed suit (as an aside, it is interesting to note that Russia was already leaning favourably towards Ethiopia, and a small contingent of Russian volunteers actually fought against the Italians at the battle of Adwa). »
• « How long had he been trapped there? Without his watch, he had no idea. He peed for perhaps the twentieth time, then put on his rubber diving suit to protect himself from the cold. »
• « The diver poked his head out of the surface of the water... and saw a man in a wet rubber suit, staring at him with glassy, wild eyes, crawling towards him on all fours over the rocks. The sight startled him. It was the lost diver! He was alive! »
• « You should identify the eating and exercise strategies that best suit your preferences during a weight-loss diet. »