recentness

Example Sentences

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His expertise is measured instead by the number and recentness of trips he has taken to the country.

From Newsweek • Apr. 15, 2013

But first, in order that this colossal adventure may be fully grasped, the recentness and the remoteness of Alaska must be emphasized. 

From Revolution, and Other Essays by London, Jack

At present, their minds are somewhat unsettled by the recentness of their progress; and in the exuberance consequent on such a state, some danger is to be apprehended.

From The Idler in France by Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of

And its recentness in human history may account for some of our blindness to this great fact.

From How to Analyze People on Sight Through the Science of Human Analysis: The Five Human Types by Benedict, Elsie Lincoln

The extreme recentness of his inspiration is as enviable as the tale is startling that his productions tell of his being at home, domesticated and initiated, in this wicked and weary world.

From Views and Reviews by James, Henry