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Example sentences for "historic times"

  • The earliest description we have of these vessels in this part of the world, in historic times, is in the account of the travels of two Mahomedans in the ninth century.

  • The word is the tool of the ear, the implement the tool of the eye; and for this reason language is the science of historic times, whilst the arts constitute the subject of science to be studied in relation to prehistoric times.

  • In the legends of the Celtic races, even in historic times, the pig, and especially the boar, finds an honoured place.

  • It will be used in reference to those countries and districts which, in historic times, have been at one time or other mainly of Celtic speech.

  • From this common centre, through conquest and the commercial intercourse which followed it, the tribes which spoke the various forms of Celtic and Italic speech spread into the districts occupied by them in historic times.

  • In historic times, the law, distinguishing between vili and vadhi, treats intentional homicide as worse than unintentional.

  • In the Mosaic Law, on the other hand, infanticide is never touched upon, and, in all probability, it hardly occurred among the Hebrews in historic times.

  • As already shown, their general movement in historic times, though limited, has been southward.

  • This type maintained its place down to historic times, as it constituted the earliest kind of mill employed by the Roman agriculturist.

  • The modern villages of Tusayan and Cibola differ more widely in arrangement and in the relation they bear to the surrounding topography than did their predecessors even of historic times.

  • They have done exactly as have the advocates of progressive change, and have extended their conclusions over the whole world and over the whole of historic times.

  • A full discussion of the climate of historic times is not here advisable, for it has been considered in detail in numerous other publications.

  • No traces of temples are found in pre-historic times, except in the Western hemisphere.

  • The wild and fantastic mode of ornamentation in the Western hemisphere, in pre-historic times, is entirely due to the aspect of nature.

  • These are 'survivals,' but the lake-dwellings in Italy and Switzerland belong to pre-historic times.

  • He confronts his opponents’ views of the long periods necessary to effect geographical changes by telling them that in historic times “the Hyrcanian ocean has dried up and Atlantis has gone down.

  • He holds that the moundbuilding people existed from about the fifth or sixth century down to historic times.

  • The bones of the quadrupeds found in these mounds correspond with those of existing species, or species which have existed in historic times.

  • Nothing is more difficult than to write a chronological history of the revolutions and changes to which the earth has been subjected during the ages which preceded the historic times.

  • The former are, in fact, brought within the limit of historic times.

  • Though now extinct, it survived the Palaeolithic period, and may possibly have existed down to historic times.

  • But, on the other side, a body of Chicasa Indians lived near Kasíχta in historic times, which during their stay certainly preserved their language as well as their traditional customs.

  • The great family of Pani Indians has, in historic times, extended from the Platte river southward to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • These conclusions have been drawn from that great class of tradition preserved by historic peoples in historic times, and yet unmistakably pointing to prehistoric culture.

  • Its extent covers a wide area of culture progress, and of unbroken continuity from tribal to historic times.

  • There is the constant historical tradition and testimony of the human race on one side, and there is the history of "Pre-historic Times" on the other.

  • Nevertheless, I venture to say, that the author of "Pre-historic Times" only takes up with man at the point where De Maistre leaves him.

  • This legend was corroborated by the existence of a shrine on that coast in historic times.

  • The lion had left this region, but lingered on in the Balkans down to historic times.

  • The ancient Egyptians and Hebrews, Indians and Chinese, did not cultivate them; they were raised in Asia Minor and America only since historic times.

  • The scheme of the lake-dwelling was used in historic times in Ravenna and Venice.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "historic times" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    general amnesty; health resort; hear what; historical character; historical composition; historical criticism; historical evidence; historical facts; historical fiction; historical interest; historical novel; historical painting; historical point; historical research; historical romance; historical studies; historical times; historical value; historical writing; monastic houses; native country; natural rights; rest thee; shall rejoice; tropical marine; twelve days