Below you will find example sentences with "oldest known". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Oldest Known in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: oldest
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 5
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.5 words

Words in this phrase

oldest known

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • oldest can mean: superlative form of old: most old Frequent word
  • known can mean: Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 7 start, 9 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

age the oldest known age for 1× and its oldest known civilization pitll 1× archaea the oldest known species on 1× be the oldest known jewellery 1× identified the oldest known inscription referencing 1× is the oldest known man made 1× it the oldest known shipwreck in 1× man the oldest known piece of 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the oldest known 3× archaea the oldest 1× archaeological discoveries in 1× compositionally its chemical 1× in 2008 this 1× in 2015 scientific 1×

Common sentence endings:

in the world 2× 000 years ago 1× a cappella group 1× and the french 1× civilization pitll pawob 1× currently known example 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

age 4× years 4× world 4× 000 3× evidence 3× 2015 2× identified 2× example 2× archaeological 2× old 2× possibly 2× tools 2×

Related phrases

formerly known commonly known best known widely known oldest person formally known known locally oldest child became known earliest known

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around oldest:

oldest person 10× oldest child 8× world oldest 6× oldest continuously 5× oldest public 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

oldest continuously oldest child older versions older sister older people older generations

Just after it in the phrase index:

oldest person oldest public ole miss olive oil olympic champion olympic committee

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

oldest person oldest child oldest continuously oldest public

Same ending:

formerly known commonly known best known widely known formally known became known

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "oldest known" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as age the oldest known age for, and its oldest known civilization pitll, age, years and world stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with formerly known, commonly known, best known, oldest person, oldest child and world oldest, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with oldest known

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The Lion-Man, the oldest known piece of figurative art. (10 words)

In Marvel Comics, Krylar is from the Microverse world of K'ai, and its oldest known civilization, Pitll Pawob. (19 words)

It has been claimed that this is the oldest known man-made structure in Greece, and possibly even in the world. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

Perhaps the oldest known surviving Valentine’s Day poem was written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London after the battle of Agincourt between the English and the French. (41 words)

The dig uncovered the oldest known example of bone tools in Australia – a sharpened kangaroo bone dating back 28,000 years – and a plaited-hair belt that DNA testing linked to indigenous people still living in the area. (38 words)

Scientists have identified the oldest known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark, representing evidence of Odin being worshipped as early as the fifth century. (34 words)

Example sentences (20)

In 2015, scientific re-assessment of the age of the two oldest known tattooed mummies, identified Ötzi as the oldest currently known example.

It is one of the oldest type of archaeological artefact – with 100,000-year-old beads made from Nassarius shells thought to be the oldest known jewellery.

In 2008, this vessel, known as the Bom Jesus, was found in Namibia, making it the oldest known shipwreck in southern Africa.

Archaeological discoveries in Kenya in 2015, identifying possibly the oldest known evidence of hominin use of tools to date, have indicated that Kenyanthropus platyops may have been the earliest tool-users known.

The Rensselyrics of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (formerly known as the RPI Glee Club), established in 1873 is perhaps the oldest known collegiate a cappella group.

Wild females have been known to be able to reproduce at as old as 28 years of age, the oldest known age for reproduction in the wild of any ursid.

In Marvel Comics, Krylar is from the Microverse world of K'ai, and its oldest known civilization, Pitll Pawob.

Instead, (who along with primary lyricist wrote the lyrics for ), drew from a fascination with –the oldest known surgical procedure in the world.

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It has been claimed that this is the oldest known man-made structure in Greece, and possibly even in the world.

Scientists have identified the oldest known inscription referencing the Norse god Odin on part of a gold disc unearthed in western Denmark, representing evidence of Odin being worshipped as early as the fifth century.

Perhaps the oldest known surviving Valentine’s Day poem was written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London after the battle of Agincourt between the English and the French.

The oldest known person to have ever lived is Jeanne Calment, who reached the age of 122 when she died in 1997.

The oldest known stencil art previous to this is located in the Leang Timpuseng Cave on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

The Venus of Hohle Fels is one of the oldest known sculptures in the world, dating back to around 35,000 years ago.

The cervical rib of a long-necked dinosaur from northwest China provides the oldest known evidence to date that early mammals fed on dinosaur meat around 160 million years ago.

The dig uncovered the oldest known example of bone tools in Australia – a sharpened kangaroo bone dating back 28,000 years – and a plaited-hair belt that DNA testing linked to indigenous people still living in the area.

Compositionally, its chemical makeup is similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites, which represent some of the oldest known meteorites in the solar system.

The Lion-Man, the oldest known piece of figurative art.

The oldest known compete copy of the Hebrew Bible is the Leningrad Codex, dated to the first decade of the 11th century.

Archaea, the oldest known species on Earth, constitute a domain of single-celled, bacteria-like microorganisms that live in all ecosystems on the planet.

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