EMBASSY in a Sentence

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For EMBASSY, below is one of 19 sentences:
From what befell the Romans in connection with this embassy, we see clearly how far men may be carried in resenting an affront.

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 Meanings and Examples of EMBASSY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
embassy
 n.  diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work; diplomatic representatives headed by an ambassador
Classic Sentence:
1  With Prince Hippolyte Kuragin, who was a secretary to the embassy, Bolkonski was already acquainted.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XI
2  She was visited by the members of the French embassy and by many belonging to that circle and noted for their intellect and polished manners.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER IX
3  Vera, having decided in her own mind that Pierre ought to be entertained with conversation about the French embassy, at once began accordingly.
War and Peace 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER XX
4  In the evening, on his return, Franz found a letter from the embassy, informing him that he would have the honor of being received by his holiness the next day.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 36. The Carnival at Rome.
5  The French or the Russian embassy would pay an immense sum to learn the contents of these papers.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
6  In this confidence I sent no embassy, I framed no crafty overtures; myself I have presented mine own person, and come a suppliant to thy courts.
The Aeneid By Virgil
Context  Highlight   In BOOK EIGHTH
7  From what befell the Romans in connection with this embassy, we see clearly how far men may be carried in resenting an affront.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XXVIII.
Example Sentence:
1  A large crowd had assembled outside the American embassy.
2  Iron spikes have been welded to the railings around the embassy.
3  The embassy will continue discussions with the Chinese government.
4  A large car swished past them and turned into the embassy gates.
5  The embassy official claimed diplomatic immunity and was later released.
6  Protesters clashed with police outside the embassy.
7  Police fired on them as they fled into the embassy compound.
8  He works in the embassy's political section.
9  The Marines climbed to the roof of the embassy building to raise the American flag.
10  The consulate was upgraded to embassy status.
11  They went over almost immediately today to sign the condolence book at the British embassy.
12  The threat also has prompted some European countries to close their embassies in Yemen, where an al-Qaeda affiliate that is considered one of the most dangerous - al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula - is based.