century

[ˈsentʃəri]

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

'century' example 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.