Roaring Twenties
Example Sentences
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He made a fortune speculating in stocks in the Roaring Twenties and then enlarged it during the Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.
From Barron's ● May 12, 2026
“The glamour of the Roaring Twenties is something I really want to capture,” Gareth Banner, Ned’s managing director, said in a Washington Post feature on the DC property.
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2025
Their works are shown alongside classical sculpture, as well as posters, fashion and photography from the "Roaring Twenties" - a decade that saw dramatic economic and social change.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2024
This was the Roaring Twenties, a time of great affluence and extravagance among wealthy Whites.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
