ancient
Example Sentences
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By examining these formations, scientists reconstructed ancient climate patterns.
From Science Daily
Thousands of likes and comments later, others seemed to confirm her suspicion that it was, in fact, an ancient marine animal.
From BBC
Disregarding army notices alerting them to landmines, men and women traverse the dry, open ground that now stands where the ancient forest once grew.
From Barron's
This is his huge reconstruction of the ancient Greco-Roman theater at Taormina.
I’ve noted elsewhere in these pages the succession of formerly atheist or agnostic intellectuals who in recent years have surprised their audiences by acknowledging Western societies’ ancient and continuing dependence on Christian concepts and values.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
