Example sentences for: history--

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

  • A key religious figure in American history-- st.

  • The Microsoft business model is an attractive one in hindsight, but before Microsoft, every large company in the industry's history--IBM, Digital Equipment, Hewlett-Packard, etc.--had prospered by selling complete systems.

  • The rangy, big-shouldered computer prevailed in the most famous man vs. machine chess match in history--3 1/2 points to 2 1/2 points--capped by a 19-move butt kicking that inspired one grandmaster to observe, "Kasparov got wiped off the board."

  • It had a touch of skepticism regarding the subject (after all, this was The New Yorker ), but took Disney's town-building attempt seriously--except for the preposterous name, of course, although preposterous town names are hardly unknown in U.S. history--New Hope, for example, or New Harmony, which Andersen mentions, or my favorite, also in Florida, Panacea.

  • Residents have mixed feelings about Maris' record being broken and they feel both he and Fargo have been slighted by history--Maris by his absence from the Hall of Fame and the city by its unflattering portrayal in the movie "Fargo."


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