How to Use colonial in a Sentence

colonial

1 of 2 adjective

• The port had been very important in colonial times.
• The country was a colonial power.
• The book describes life in Colonial America.
• Wheat was grown and beef raised from the colonial era on.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
• This doesn’t just apply to the colonial plant hunters.
  — Amy Waldman, Travel + Leisure, 9 Mar. 2026
• The use of this fabric in the South dates back to colonial days.
  — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 23 Aug. 2025
• These colonial-era healths are succinct, no more than 20 words apiece.
  — Brooke Barbier, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
• Las Casas filled page after page with extreme colonial gore.
  — Greg Grandin september 23, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
• As these gentlemen posed and preened, a new, colonial modern style emerged.
  — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 13 Sep. 2025
• In colonial times, silver and gold made its way across the ocean to adorn Catholic churches.
  — ABC News, 20 June 2026
• All dance was seen as rebellious during colonial times.
  — Karla Gachet, NPR, 1 Oct. 2025
• That makes this part of the home one of the oldest surviving colonial structures in the state.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
• But writing in Russian is not only a colonial residue.
  — Sabrina Jaszi, The Dial, 28 May 2026
• According to Mashed, in the colonial era, most breweries made ale.
  — Bahar Anooshahr, AZCentral.com, 1 Feb. 2026
• During the colonial era, slaves were forcibly baptized here before being sold.
  — Mathew Schmalz, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2026
• He was seen as the man for the job – the job of ending more than a century of French colonial rule.
  — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
• Even the noise of the colonial marines' pulse rifles is unmistakable.
  — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• The gambit fails to please them, thanks to the long shadow of Japanese colonial rule.
  — Bonnie Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• On top of that, its central location is close to many colonial-era buildings and city landmarks.
  — Rumit Mehta, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
• Just like Great Britain did during our colonial period, by the way.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• There isn’t much of interest though the colonial-era church and town square are the lively centers of daily life.
  — John Newton, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Feb. 2026
• The British colonial-style inn has no TVs or radios but does promise sea views.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
• The colonial garden seed packets each retail for $50.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Dec. 2025
• Europe, with its rich past, had fascinated many of its colonial subjects.
  — Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• And no woman served as a colonial governor prior to that, long before women even had the right to vote.
  — Olivia Diaz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2026
• The chatbot would have been asked to produce a short work of post-colonial fiction worthy of a literary prize.
  — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 10 June 2026
• From there, the Amerongen sailed east, plying colonial trade routes around Java.
  — H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 14 May 2026
• But this Shakespeare is bound up with the colonial project and has yet to be properly untangled from it.
  — Time, 16 Aug. 2023
• One of the most popular publications of the colonial era was the almanac.
  — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026
• The Scrambler will be the seventh car given away to a Colonial winner.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026

colonial

2 of 2 noun

• They bought a Colonial on a quiet street.
• British control over the islands is a relic of its colonial past.
  — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 Apr. 2026
• The red-brick colonial is approached by a long brick walkway and a series of steps.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2023
• This brick Chestnut Hill colonial has a sauna, a rock wall, and wine and cigar rooms.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
• The main five-bedroom colonial has a stone fireplace, water views, a new kitchen, and a pool.
  — The Week Us, TheWeek, 20 Jan. 2026
• There should be no surprise at just how appealing this center hall colonial turns out to be.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
• Whose idea was this, and what kinds of settler-colonial relations does this mock holdup invert?
  — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
• Outside, there’s a private patio with stone walls, lush greenery and a colonial feel to the place.
  — Mike Klingaman, Baltimore Sun, 26 May 2026
• Lured by teaser rates, folks who couldn’t afford a home left their apartments and bought a ranch, colonial, or condo.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2021
• The air was still, and the sky was clear when the brigade of men in tactical gear arrived at the two-story brick colonial.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• Exactly where to fit them into this small brick colonial remains an open question.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2022
• Though this colonial primarily is constructed from brick, some rooms have stone floors and walls.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 21 July 2023
• The white, wood-frame colonial, boarded up for the past five years, has been an eyesore and potential health hazard on its block.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 4 Nov. 2021
• The stunning colonial is at the end of a cul-de-sac in one of Avon’s most desirable neighborhoods.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 5 Apr. 2026
• Zionism in its ideal form is not a destructive colonial empire, but a chance for Jews to return home.
  — Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2023
• The company offered him corporate housing, a spacious colonial in the city, for a year.
  — WSJ, 1 Aug. 2022
• The biggest sale was an 18-room colonial in Bentleyville, while Brecksville had two listings sell.
  — cleveland, 14 Nov. 2022
• The diamond has since come to be seen as a symbol of colonial ⁠British ​rule by many Indians.
  — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 30 Apr. 2026
• Dividends can include a good job and perhaps even a snazzy French colonial in a tony subdivision.
  — Star Tribune, 19 June 2021
• That this colonial looks and feels new should be credited to the current owners, who have taken extraordinary care of their home.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2026
• During colonial times, putting a candle in the window signified that a home was open and welcome to travelers passing through.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
• Like many nations, Morocco’s devotion to soccer is a vestige of its colonial past.
  — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
• Colonial is a tough course, where golfers could be out of position often, and Kim ranks 15th in this field in scrambling this season.
  — Geoff Clark Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
• One by one, the family purchased the eight colonial, cape and split-level homes and transformed the properties into group home settings.
  — Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 24 Apr. 2022
• Think of a stately Colonial framed by old trees and rolling lawns, a long dirt driveway, and the kind of quiet that only a rural property can offer.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 3 Nov. 2025
• The hotel’s 142 rooms and suites are designed with a dark-wood and light-linen look—sort of Scandi meets Spanish colonial.
  — Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 22 Oct. 2025
• Wine culture in the area is traced to native grapes like Muscadine and 17th-century colonial imports.
  — Osayi Endolyn, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
• At the top of the ladder were people of European descent, followed by those of mixed colonial and Indigenous heritage.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2022
• Contemporary colonials have been popular for some time and continue attract buyers.
  — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
• Some of the remains are two centuries old and likely came from all over the world, including from German colonial occupations in Africa.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2023