Example sentences for: st-century

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

  • For the most part, despite the occasional campaigning for linguistic liberalism (aimed, obviously, at 20th- and, presumably, 21st-century readers), what emerges is an engaging picture of concerned speakers of English, some of them pedants trying to establish (or preserve) some purity in the language, the remainder readers of the works published by the former in the shape of grammars, usage guides, pronunciation guides, spellers, etc.

  • The critic Frederic Badre calls Particules "the first 21st-century novel" and Houellebecq "the first novelist who is not a humanist."

  • This doesn’t mean that Amsterdam is utopia — it is a city of 21st-century pressures, particularly with continuing problems of traffic and litter — but it does mean that the problems are faced realistically, debated passionately by the whole community, and agreed solutions are put into action.

  • It's 21st-century!


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