Example sentences for: century

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

  • In the 19th century, practically all of Spain’s possessions in the Americas broke away in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars, and the few that remained were lost at the end of the 19th century.

  • Adams saw the new technological forces of a century ago as awe-inspiring, destructive, and almost beyond comprehension.

  • More specifically, according to the literature, the bridge "epitomizes the dawn of the new common Europe with its common cultural heritage and the vision of a common future in the next century, indeed, the new millennium."

  • The complications of bed rest have been known for nearly a century [ 1].

  • This is my candidate for the most overlooked big budget film of the decade, maybe of the century.


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