TROPICAL in a Sentence
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37 example sentences for TROPICAL, such as:
1. He has bought some tropical fruits.
2. August was almost tropical this year.
3. The night was tropical and voluptuous.
4. The cocoanut is particular to the tropics.
5. My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn.
2. August was almost tropical this year.
3. The night was tropical and voluptuous.
4. The cocoanut is particular to the tropics.
5. My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn.
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Meanings and Examples of TROPICAL
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tropical
a. characterized by or of the nature of a trope or tropes; changed from its literal sense
a. of or relating to the tropics, or either tropic
Classic Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 The night was tropical and voluptuous.
2 To be sure, it might be nothing but a good coat of tropical tanning; but I never heard of a hot sun's tanning a white man into a purplish yellow one.
3 Now, from the South and West the Pequod was drawing nigh to Formosa and the Bashee Isles, between which lies one of the tropical outlets from the China waters into the Pacific.
4 It had died down in winter and come up again in the spring until it was as thick and shrubby as some tropical garden-grass.
5 There are plenty among them who have only enough of the African to give a sort of tropical warmth and fervor to our calculating firmness and foresight.
6 Our nation shall roll the tide of civilization and Christianity along its shores, and plant there mighty republics, that, growing with the rapidity of tropical vegetation, shall be for all coming ages.
7 Her beginning to dance had been like a change of atmosphere; outside, she had been steeped in arctic frigidity by comparison with the tropical sensations here.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 3 She Goes Out to Battle against Depression
8 There is something tropical and exotic about her which forms a singular contrast to her cool and unemotional brother.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
Context Highlight In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
9 The sun's heat is rarely strong enough to burn, even when it is focused by dewdrops, as is sometimes the case in more tropical districts.
10 An old seaman, bronzed by the tropical sun, advanced, twirling the remains of a tarpaulin between his hands.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
Context Highlight In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
11 My own face had now assumed a deep tropical burn.
12 "Winter'll soon be over," was the picture of life and death to a tropical imagination.
13 In the serene weather of the tropics it is exceedingly pleasant the mast-head; nay, to a dreamy meditative man it is delightful.
14 Two large orange-trees, now fragrant with blossoms, threw a delicious shade; and, ranged in a circle round upon the turf, were marble vases of arabesque sculpture, containing the choicest flowering plants of the tropics.
15 He showed me also, in one of his books, the figures of the sun, moon, and stars, the zodiac, the tropics, and polar circles, together with the denominations of many plains and solids.
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 August was almost tropical this year.
2 It takes many months to acclimatize/become acclimatized to life in a tropical climate.
3 He has won wide recognition in the field of tropical medicine.
4 The Hurricane Center warns people not to take the threat of tropical storms lightly.
5 The UK is the biggest consumer of tropical hardwoods after Japan.
6 A tropical cyclone brought heavy rain to the country last week.
7 He has bought some tropical fruits.
8 That brings the total number of named tropical storms in the Atlantic this season to 26, roundly beating the previous record of 21.
9 A traveler relating his tropical experiences glorifies the banana, stating that he has eaten it “ripe and luscious from the tree!”
10 He is showing how to properly fertilize tropical plants.
11 Despite their varied economic, political, and social histories, almost all of the tropical countries remain underdeveloped at the start of the 21st century.
12 Denuded of their social and political context, they serve, alongside Copacabana and the palm-fringed beaches of its northern coasts, as code for languid tropical hedonism, the brand identity of Brazil in the global tourist market.
13 The sultry weather in the tropics encourages tourists to lead an indolent life.
14 The cocoanut is particular to the tropics.
15 She's a botanist and spent several years researching in the tropics.