Example Sentences

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Her success encouraged the Ceylonese government to allow women to study law in the country.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2022

De Silva gave Ceylonese autonomy a new architecture.

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2022

It’s during the entrance of Leila, the young priestess charged with protecting her Ceylonese fishing community from the perils of the sea.

From Washington Times • Jan. 12, 2016

Theatrically, Bizet's Ceylonese drama has a habit of misfiring.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2010

Its birds are several sorts of pigeons, parroquets, fly-catchers, the Ceylonese owl, a species of creeper, a sort of duck, and a purple water-hen.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 14 by Kerr, Robert