Example sentences for: nineteenth-century

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

  • This doctrine of expressive realism is a nineteenth-century notion that most historically aware writers have moved beyond.

  • In spite of the fact that his nineteenth-century biases are very apparent in his writings, the data he collected are valuable for the study of Chicano folklore of the Texas-Mexican border.

  • Some find it squarely in the tradition of "the nineteenth-century novel of adultery" (James Wood, the New Republic ). Others call it a combination of "low-grade erotica," "bedroom farce," "detective pulp," and "courtroom drama" (L.S.

  • There are many eighteenth- and nineteenth-century literary references to a matachine sword dance, indicating that such a dance was performed in Europe.

  • The New Yorker 's Daphne Merkin says it's akin to "a great nineteenth-century novel that presumes on its reader's infinite patience."


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