tombolo

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

At low tide a sandspit, the Tombolo, gets you out to Frank Island, with great views back to the beach.

From The Guardian • Feb. 16, 2016

Giuseppe Sarto became assistant parish priest at Tombolo, and he was still poor; in all his nine years there he was never able to buy a full set of vestments.

From Time Magazine Archive

"What was the bishop thinking of," they asked one another when Mass was over, "to leave a man like that buried all these years at a place like Tombolo?"

From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

The income of the young curate was next to nothing, for Tombolo was a very poor parish; but he had not been used to luxury.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)

Tombolo boasts of no commercial industries; it is a pastoral country, and the greater part of the population is occupied in dairy farming and the rearing of cattle.

From Pope Pius the Tenth by Forbes, F. A. (Frances Alice)