How to Use riyal in a Sentence

riyal

noun
  • But the flow of dirhams and riyals doesn’t stop there.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Leave riyals for porters and housekeeping, and round up taxi fares.
    — Leena Kim, Town & Country, 22 May 2019
  • Cabins start at 30,000 riyals ($8,000) per night.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • That takes the stock below the 32 riyals per share level that the company was listed at less than three months ago.
    — Rory Jones, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2020
  • The spread between the Saudi riyal interbank rate and the same rate for dollars has also been narrowing.
    — Abbas Al Lawati, Bloomberg.com, 20 Dec. 2020
  • Qatari residents were able to buy tickets for as low as 40 Qatari riyals, or $11, for group stage matches.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026
  • The tickets were for Category A areas and had the price of 0 Qatari riyal on them.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The Iranian riyal has plummeted and unemployment is in double digits.
    — Tim Lister, CNN, 8 May 2018
  • For one, Saudi Arabia pegs its riyal to the dollar, so any damage inadvertently dealt to the dollar will hurt its own currency.
    — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The central bank had previously unveiled a 50-billion-riyal program to help mostly small private businesses in the country.
    — Matthew Martin, Bloomberg.com, 31 May 2020
  • Around 70% of customers are between 23 and 37, and some are as young as 18, saving a few hundred riyals a month for a phone, tuition, or a computer.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The deal could value the team — currently ranked second in the Saudi Pro League — at about 2 billion riyals ($530 million).
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Although pressure intensified earlier this year with the collapse in crude prices, 12-month dollar-forwards for the Saudi riyal have since stabilized.
    — Paul Abelsky, Bloomberg.com, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Outside the stadium, in the oppressive evening humidity, a group of around 70 local boys wearing traditional white robes waited to meet their heroes, and also to shout abuse and throw Qatari riyal notes at the opposition.
    — James Montague, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2017
  • On his Twitter account, royal court adviser Saud Al Qahtani said the measures will cost the government more than 50 billion riyals and called for private sector companies to respond in turn.
    — Bloomberg.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • The value of residential sales surged to 165 billion Saudi riyals ($44 billion) last year, the highest figure since 2015, yet the share of renters planning to buy a home has plummeted.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The country had 116 million tourist visits last year, including domestic and international travel, with spending totaling 284 billion riyals.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Saudi Arabia’s cultural renaissance is taking shape, with the government backing a new university for the arts in Riyadh and a 300 million riyal ($80 million) fashion fund.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The bank, whose policies are dictated by Saudi Arabia, a senior Western official said, started printing vast amounts of new money — at least 600 billion riyals, according to one bank official.
    — Declan Walsh, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Aramco joins some of the kingdom’s largest companies in the decision to temporarily boost wages after King Salman decided to pay Saudi civil servants an extra 1,000 riyals a month to ease the burden of austerity.
    — Bloomberg.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • Fund Manager Merak Capital, which manages over 3 billion Saudi riyal in assets, was selected as fund manager following a formal partnership agreement with CDF.
    — Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In 2022, when the games were hosted in Qatar, the most expensive general sale tickets for the final match were 5,850 Qatari riyals, or $1,607, a 46% increase from the $1,100 price for the equivalent match in 2018.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 2 June 2026

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