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:

  • Freud grappled with this very dilemma in turn-of-the-century Vienna.

  • It is now "one of the grandest and most mind-bendingly ornate theaters in America, an eclectic melange of Art Nouveau and other turn-of-the-century ornamentation and a triumph of the restorer's art," says Time 's Bruce Handy.

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

  • If Barcelona’s given you’ve the design bug, there are two excellent shops that specialize in design and are well worth a visit, as much for their contents as for the spectacular turn-of-the-century palaces that house them: B.D.

  • The turn-of-the-century hotel reeks of international glamour and clings to its formal (jacket and tie) ambience.


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