Example sentences for: centuries-old

How can you use “centuries-old” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Not inexpensive, but then the bargain here is not in the price, it’s in the tradition of a centuries-old craft of meticulous workmanship.

  • (Maybe even a day or two sooner if Slate 's hearty software developers are willing to suspend their centuries-old common-law right to a three-hour lunch break, double helpings of Caesar salad and salmon hash, and 1.3 liters of a tolerable sauvignon blanc, followed by a nap of at least two hours' duration.

  • Its basilica, like the peaceful medieval town center, has been beautifully preserved, and the centuries-old pilgrim trade manages (sometimes just barely) to avoid the unashamed commercialism that blights other religious shrines.

  • A time-locked city of rich russet browns and weathered ochres, Siena is as perfectly medieval as greystone Florence is a Renaissance showcase, yet contrasts with its centuries-old rival to the north are striking and inevitable.

  • "The centuries-old conflict over whether Epcot is the vacation capital for Israel or Palestine."


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