Example sentences for: eighth-century

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

  • According to the earliest official accounts, the eighth-century Kojiki (“Record of Ancient Matters”) and Nihon-shoki (“Chronicles of Japan”), the islands of Japan were born of a marriage between the god Izanagi and his sister Izanami.

  • One of several masterpieces dedicated to the cult of Vishnu is a broken eighth-century stone panel, a Licchavi work.

  • To this day, historians of Chinese art find the best surviving examples of Tang-dynasty architecture among the seventh- and eighth-century temples in and around Nara.

  • A lovely eighth-century Birth of Buddha is curiously reminiscent of Christian nativity scenes.


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