Example sentences for: century-old

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

  • Egalitarian and agnostic, Nehru passed laws against the injustice of the caste system, child-marriage, and the treatment of women in Hindu households, but century-old customs die hard: before his death in 1964, he asked that his ashes be scattered in the Yamuna river at Delhi and the Ganga at Allahabad, and without ritual.

  • The century-old Georgian Colonial features five bedrooms, a swimming pool, and an exercise room.

  • Whether or not I agree with her analysis, I do think that these times require a reexamination of many century-old formulations, including masculinity and particularly the role that gender has played in the maintenance of traditional economic models.

  • Even the county courthouse has left its century-old brick home with the clock tower and moved out to the highway.

  • On the way back to the center of Málaga, stop for a moment or two at the century-old Mercado Atarazanas (market).


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