word history
Example Sentences
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They are on the verge of landing in the record books this Emmy season and they also have, for lack of a better word, history.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
The word history comes ultimately from Ancient Greek historía, meaning “inquiry,” “knowledge from inquiry,” or “judge.”
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019
In a word, history and chronology have no rights which a poet, as such, is bound to respect.
From Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England by Henry Norman Hudson
In English, too, the word history often imports oral narration: thus Pope says: "What histories of toil could I declare, But still, long-wearied nature wants repair."
From A Hymn on the Life, Virtues and Miracles of St. Patrick Composed by his Disciple, Saint Fiech, Bishop of Sletty by Saint Fiech
I suppose that many who now connect the very word history with the idea of dulness, would have been fond and diligent students of history if it had had fair access to their minds.
From Friends in Council — First Series by Sir Arthur Helps
