Example sentences for: turn-of-the-century

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

  • Although we think of photomontage primarily as a medium of the combative period of modernism--Dada, Surrealism, Constructivism--its use goes back well into the 19 th century, and was routine in turn-of-the-century pop culture in postcards and prints.

  • The town’s artistic and commercial worlds have joined forces in recent years to preserve the old business district’s handsome turn-of-the-century architecture as a lively shopping and restaurant neighborhood, north of Notre-Dame Avenue between Princess Street and Main Street.

  • The park has seven sections, including Main Street, USA, with its re-creation of turn-of-the-century America facing the much photographed Cinderella Castle.

  • John Turturro directs, co-writes, and stars in a story set in turn-of-the-century New York about an acting troupe whose onstage and offstage lives intertwine.

  • It has been restored as a museum for turn-of-the-century paraphernalia.


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