Below you will find example sentences with "centuries ago". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Centuries Ago in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: centuries
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 7
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "centuries ago" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a liturgy centuries ago, began many centuries ago with one, used, date and off stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, year ago, month ago and two centuries, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with centuries ago
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
But centuries ago it was used to decide matters of life or death. (13 words)
But several centuries ago, the city was known as the hub for Barbary Coast piracy. (15 words)
Despite periodic infatuations with charismatic leaders, its constitutional framework— established over two centuries ago— ensures a robust system of checks and balances. (22 words)
Ferrari said the anticipated completion date for the Dunlap Creek Bridge project is December 2025, but noted it’s difficult to offer a firm date because there are many unknowns in reconstructing a bridge built nearly two centuries ago. (39 words)
Some of the larger trees with severe burn scars — even from past fires from centuries ago — could continue to weaken with each subsequent fire and then succumb to the wet soil and heavy winds, he added. (36 words)
It began many centuries ago, with one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish diasporas living in this country alongside the rest of the population for at least 800 years, if not longer. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
A crucial lesson in our brutally acquisitive society, and one that the Thule culture – which shared all it had – knew many centuries ago.
But centuries ago it was used to decide matters of life or death.
Centuries ago, Greater Chaco was the epicenter of incredible Indigenous achievements, resulting in vast great houses, kivas, rooms, and roads throughout the Four Corners region, many of which are still visible.
Evidence at the Caleta de Arriba site points to a violent death centuries ago which could pre-date the 15th century Spanish conquest of the archipelago off northwest Africa.
In the time since, Vessel has been revealed to be none other than the body of Zordon, which Rita separated him from centuries ago.
Perhaps we may even develop a bond with said robots through a mutually beneficial relationship, which is not unlike how dogs were domesticated centuries ago.
Some of the larger trees with severe burn scars — even from past fires from centuries ago — could continue to weaken with each subsequent fire and then succumb to the wet soil and heavy winds, he added.
The invention of insurance more than five centuries ago was at least as key to the development of modern economies as the steam engine.
The practice was largely abolished in Christianized areas centuries ago (with the aberrant exception of choir boys illegally castrated in Italy during the 16th- to 19th-century period).
The University of Cambridge has finally decided to return the four Australian Aboriginal spears that were taken away by British explorer James Cook from their rightful owners centuries ago.
The various leaves of the missal were once an intact manuscript, part of a prayer book used by priests for a liturgy centuries ago.
They were accompanied by stringy bits of wood, possibly strands of a broom, all signs of an ancient practice people used centuries ago to ward off witches and ghouls.
A book of the Bible written perhaps 25 centuries ago said that humans live “threescore years and ten,” or 70 years, and that tracks with many traditional peoples around the world.
A doctor has warned that two diseases, common in the UK centuries ago, are making a worrying comeback as many Brits remain oblivious to preventative measures.
A ship believed to be the San Juan sank off Labrador’s south coast centuries ago but is being meticulously rebuilt with thousands of recovered pieces in a workshop in Spain.
A team of experts from Stanford University and Washington University may have cracked the code behind these enigmatic features that were first discovered centuries ago.
But several centuries ago, the city was known as the hub for Barbary Coast piracy.
Despite periodic infatuations with charismatic leaders, its constitutional framework— established over two centuries ago— ensures a robust system of checks and balances.
Ferrari said the anticipated completion date for the Dunlap Creek Bridge project is December 2025, but noted it’s difficult to offer a firm date because there are many unknowns in reconstructing a bridge built nearly two centuries ago.
It began many centuries ago, with one of the largest and most prosperous Jewish diasporas living in this country alongside the rest of the population for at least 800 years, if not longer.