century

[ˈsentʃəri]

Definition:
1. 100 years.
2. Ten 10s.

Use 'century' in a sentence:

• 1. The word brassiere first appeared in fashion bible Vogue a century ago.
• 2. People now sleep about 20% less than they did a century ago, the nonprofit National Sleep Foundation estimates.
• 3. There has been quarrying in the area for centuries.
• 4. The family made their money in the 18th century.
• 5. It was built at the turn of the century.
• 6. Einstein was one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century.
• 7. Many treasures were lost when the tombs were raided in the last century.
• 8. The discovery of distillation is usually accredited to the Arabs of the 11th century.
• 9. She looked like a princess in a nineteenth-century illustration.
• 10. Nineteenth-century Britain was a class-conscious society.
• 11. This region was settled by the Dutch in the nineteenth century.
• 12. He is writing a historical novel about nineteenth-century France.
• 13. Locke originated this theory in the 17th century.
• 14. The house was built in the early 19th century.
• 15. The director transposes Shakespeare's play from 16th century Venice to present-day England.
• 16. The chapel was built in the 12th century and is still in use today.
• 17. They can trace their lineage back to the 18th century.
• 18. Globalization is a phenomenon of the 21st century.
• 19. Her family came to Los Angeles at the turn of the century.
• 20. Richard told me of three 16th-century folio volumes on alchemy.
• 21. The brooch dates back to the fourth century BC.
• 22. It happened late last century—in 1895 to be exact.
• 23. This system perpetuated itself for several centuries.
• 24. The doorway is a 19th century reconstruction of Norman work.
• 25. It happened late last century ─ in 1895 to be exact.
• 26. The treasure had lain undisturbed for centuries.
• 27. She could trace her family tree back to the 16th century.
• 28. The drains date from the beginning of the century.
• 29. Her work was in eclipse for most of the 20th century.
• 30. He had a talent unmatched by any other politician of this century.
• 31. In the nineteenth century, pirates roamed the seas.
• 32. The show runs the gamut of 20th century design.
• 33. The French began to populate the island in the 15th century.
• 34. This century wrought major changes in our society.
• 35. This practice has remained unaltered for centuries.
• 36. The area has been mined for slate for centuries.
• 37. A new century was dawning.
• 38. DAB is the radio system of the 21st century.
• 39. Chemistry was par excellence the laboratory science of the early nineteenth century.
• 40. The countries have been at peace for more than a century.
• 41. They fled to South America around the turn of the century.
• 42. The product has a pedigree going back to the last century.
• 43. The middle decades of the 19th century marked a watershed in Russia's history.
• 44. The name has come down from the last century.
• 45. At the beginning of the 20th century almost a third of the population lived off the land.
• 46. It is one of the great unsolved mysteries of this century.
• 47. Classical landscapes were a popular subject with many 18th century painters.
• 48. His speech called for a step change in attitudes to the environment in the 21st century.