Example Sentences

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The Kaufman and James recordings sound more like something out of the buttoned-up Gay Nineties than the libertine Roaring ’20s or the Big Band Era.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Nineties band Pulp will headline a concert in Princes Street Gardens which will be broadcast throughout the city centre street party.

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2023

Their new book, “Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now,” features a scrapbook of voices, emotions and memories from an era in which Asian American culture was forged and transformed.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2022

Nineties are currently in the forecast into, and perhaps through the upcoming weekend in D.C.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021

It was a picture of a Gay Nineties couple on a bicycle built for two.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut