10 sentences with 'overseas'
Example sentences and phrases with the word overseas and other words derived from it.
• « The Athenians, in turn, attacked Spartan settlements and positions overseas and used their navy to bring in supplies. »
• « Philip II was also wealthy, with important European and overseas trading interests, all run by a dynamic merchant class. »
• « Spain would never again play a dominant role in European politics, although it remained in possession of a huge overseas empire until the early 19th century. »
• « In this period of empire-building, European states sought additional territory and power overseas primarily for economic reasons. »
• « The pursuit of profit was nothing new, but the political power enjoyed by merchants, the political focus on overseas expansion for profit, and the laws enacted to encourage these processes were new. »
• « Throughout the century, these states jockeyed for position and power not only in Europe, but also overseas: entire wars were fought between the Great Powers thousands of miles away from Europe itself. »
• « In addition to the war with France, the British government was focused on expanding its overseas trading empire. »
• « As noted in the last chapter, from the late 17th century onwards there was a century of warfare between France and Britain, much of which was fought overseas (in India, the Caribbean and North America). »