Pronunciation of tuscan
Pronunciation of the English word tuscan.
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Pronounce tuscan in English
tuscan in a sentence
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| 1. | Therefore, putting on one side imaginary things concerning a prince, and discussing those which are real, I say that all men when they are spoken of, and chiefly princes for being more highly placed, are remarkable for some of those qualities which bring them either blame or praise; and thus it is that one is reputed liberal, another miserly, using a Tuscan term (because an avaricious person in our language is still he who desires to possess by robbery, whilst we call one miserly who deprives himself too much of the use of his own); one is reputed generous, one rapacious; one cruel, one compassionate; one faithless, another faithful; one effeminate and cowardly, another bold and brave; one affable, another haughty; one lascivious, another chaste; one sincere, another cunning; one hard, another easy; one grave, another frivolous; one religious, another unbelieving, and the like. | |
| 2. | Him now Saturnia sought, and thus in lowly strain: / "O AEolus, for Jove, of human kind / and Gods the sovran Sire, hath given to thee / to lull the waves and lift them with the wind, / a hateful people, enemies to me, / their ships are steering o'er the Tuscan sea, / bearing their Troy and vanquished gods away / to Italy." | |
| 3. | Frescoes decorate the walls of this Tuscan palazzo. | |
| 4. | Anna Maria Luisa bequeathed the Medici's art collection to the Tuscan state. | |
| 5. | In Siena neighbors started singing a traditional Tuscan folk song, Il Canto della Verbena, one of the town's most cherished melodies and sung since the Middle Ages. | |
| 6. | The Tuscan countryside is really picturesque. | |
| 7. | The Tuscan landscape is really picturesque. |
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