Example sentences for: oldest

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

  • Around this time the Sumerian civilization living in Mesopotamia (the region between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in present-day Iraq) founded and developed the cuneiform script, the world’s oldest form of writing on record.

  • By contrast, farther along Church Street is the oldest church in Hamilton, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (founded in 1843), as well as Wesley Methodist Church.

  • The Treaty of Kadesh, recorded on clay tablets on display in the Museum of the Ancient Orient in Istanbul (see page 39), is the oldest known example of an international treaty.

  • Used since the early 14th century as a stately summer home for Portuguese kings, its interiors and furnishings are remarkable, including one of the oldest and most valuable collections of azulejos to be found in all of Portugal.

  • Bermuda’s parliament is the second oldest in the British Commonwealth and is still modeled after its predecessor in London.


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