Bengal
noun
Examples from the Web for bengal
Contemporary Examples of bengal
Outnumbered five to one in Britain, Scots made up 60 percent of the merchants in Bengal, Calcutta and Madras.
Pity the poor Zanesvillians who had to batten down the hatches to avoid being eaten by the 18 free-roaming Bengal tigers.
On May 20, when she is sworn in, she will have stormed a male bastion to become Bengal's first woman chief minister.
Then, as Bengal slid into internecine chaos, Banerjee raised an inspired call: "Poriborton!"
Across Bengal, those who had once deemed her an affront have voted her in with a thumping majority.
Historical Examples of bengal
At Shabkadr a charge of the 13th Bengal Lancers was more than successful.
The Story of the Malakand Field ForceSir Winston S. Churchill
The result was a battle royal that might have put to shame two Bengal tigers.
The Monster MenEdgar Rice Burroughs
I sprinkled on more powder, and up blazed the Bengal fire again.
It Happened in EgyptC. N. Williamson
Hockheimer glared like a Bengal tiger about to spring upon its prey.
Vivian GreyEarl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
"As to that, Bengal is more come-at-able than the Great Bear," said he, laughing.
BarringtonCharles James Lever