On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Ancient. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as past or mortal and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Ancient meaning
- Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
- Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
Synonyms of Ancient
Using Ancient
- The main meaning on this page is: Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old. | Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern. | Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
- Useful related words include: past, mortal, somebody, someone.
- In the example corpus, ancient often appears in combinations such as: the ancient, an ancient, in ancient.
Context around Ancient
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 9 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ancient
- In this selection, "ancient" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, academy, rome, romans, city, rome and india stand out and add context to how "ancient" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include ancient dusk derives, ancient egyptians ancient greeks etc, ancient city, ancient greek and ancient egypt. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ancient" sits close to words such as wins, identify and reporting, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ancient
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in Ancient India. (13 words)
A motherland of ancient knowledge, a fountain of wisdom, the land of ancient mathematics. (14 words)
Ancient Dusk derives its inspiration from ancient folklore, the chants and melodies of the Pacific. (15 words)
News flash: most of the Bible is nothing more than the mythology of the people who lived in Israel 5,000 years ago, and as such, it is no more true than the mythologies of the ancient Romans, ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, etc. Wake up. (45 words)
In other words, those ancient beings coupled with these previously unknown beings and popped out babies that then popped out more babies, and so on until today, where you and I almost certainly have ancient, unknown being DNA! (38 words)
The sequencing of genomes from Neanderthals and a less well-known ancient group, the Denisovans, has yielded many new insights into these interbreeding events and into the movement of ancient human populations. (32 words)
But would it make sense to explain this ancient capital as the product of ancient Chinese genius? (17 words)
In other words, those ancient beings coupled with these previously unknown beings and popped out babies that then popped out more babies, and so on until today, where you and I almost certainly have ancient, unknown being DNA! (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Formal schools have existed at least since ancient Greece (see Academy ), ancient Rome (see Education in Ancient Rome ) ancient India (see Gurukul ), and ancient China (see History of education in China ).
News flash: most of the Bible is nothing more than the mythology of the people who lived in Israel 5,000 years ago, and as such, it is no more true than the mythologies of the ancient Romans, ancient Egyptians, ancient Greeks, etc. Wake up.
A motherland of ancient knowledge, a fountain of wisdom, the land of ancient mathematics.
At this time, the diets of ancient Olympians began to vary from the standard ancient Greek diet.
There is something so ancient and beautiful about Fulani braids, especially one with beads; it’s deeply cultural and makes women look like ancient queens.
Ancient Dusk derives its inspiration from ancient folklore, the chants and melodies of the Pacific.
But would it make sense to explain this ancient capital as the product of ancient Chinese genius?
Cao Bang is an ancient city with a history dating back over 2,000 years, with ruins of the ancient city walls, gates, and temples still standing today.
In its current form behind the facade of the ancient monument, Panagia Spiliotissa was constructed following the cave’s ancient formation with a tripartite internal structure.
It showcases 200 ancient homes and ceremonial buildings celebrating life of the Ancient Puebloans more than a thousand years ago.
Juno is the ancient Roman name for the goddess Hera, the spouse of ancient Greek father of the gods Zeus.
The study authors combined osteological analyses, macro photography, X-rays, and anatomical dissections of the ancient remains with historical sources from the ancient past.
At the age of 12, Jesus followed the ancient Silk Road to India where he spent six years in Puri and Rajgirh, near Nalanda, the ancient seat of Hindu learning.
For fans not familiar with comics, the Ancient One is portrayed very differently than in the MCU films, being an elderly (or ancient) Tibetan man from the Himalayas.
In other words, those ancient beings coupled with these previously unknown beings and popped out babies that then popped out more babies, and so on until today, where you and I almost certainly have ancient, unknown being DNA!
Raji: An Ancient Epic is an action-adventure game set in Ancient India.
The city association with ancient Egypt, pyramids and ancient city of Memphis is both intriguing and beautiful.
The sequencing of genomes from Neanderthals and a less well-known ancient group, the Denisovans, has yielded many new insights into these interbreeding events and into the movement of ancient human populations.
Being a medieval settlement, and as so a key location in Ireland’s Ancient East region, Waterford has spread out over many, many generations to incorporate ancient villages.
The data does give the team insight into the fate of ancient tectonic plates that descended into the mantle and where ancient mantle material might reside.
Phrases with ancient
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with ancient
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the ancient 65×
- an ancient 31×
- in ancient 27×
- of ancient 27×
- and ancient 12×
- ancient greek 11×
- ancient city 11×
- ancient egypt 9×
- ancient roman 8×
- ancient times 8×