historical
Example Sentences
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“There are good historical records of Icarus’s life. And the Somnulum isn’t really a sun—it’s the purest form of heat, in the sky above the first tree, above the maze.”
From Literature
"I'm including historical east coast wolves in a separate chapter of my dissertation comparing skull morphology between coastal and inland populations," he says.
From Science Daily
The historical fiction imagines the Mexican and American armies fighting for control of the West — part myth, fact and fiction spanning the past and present.
From Los Angeles Times
Certain historical events are so vivid that people remember where they were and what they were doing when they first heard the news.
The “skein of historical fact, local lore, best-guesswork, and poetry” that comprises his book “depended on its subject’s remaining silent and on the sidelines.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
