Definition: 1. A period of time, usually in history. 2. A period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event. 3. A major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods.
Use 'era' in a sentence:
1. The Porsche 911 reminds me of the worst parts of the yuppie era.
2. The October Revolution ushered in a new era in the history of mankind.
3. It seems that the' 60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
4. In the mass production era multinational firms tended to centralize their operations.
5. It seems that the '60s era of social activism is all but a dim memory.
6. The Synod's declarations prevailed de jure but not de facto in the Roman Catholic Church down to the Reformation era.
7. It's a new era of reading and a new way of reading.
8. We are on the threshold of a new era in astronomy.
9. The theatre's raffish auditorium recalls an earlier era.
10. Improved graphics took computer games into a new era.
11. The era when foreign goods flooded the Chinese market is gone for ever.
12. We are living in the information era.
13. The room had the elegance of a bygone era.
14. The postwar era was one of new affluence for the working class.
15. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history that has passed.
16. It emerged as the most intractable issue of our era.
17. It's the end of an era.
18. We have sought a new era of engagement with the world in word and deed.
19. These talks could herald a new era of peace.
20. In the mass production era, multinational firms tended to centralize their operations.
21. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained-glass.
22. In the little, brown tugboat, we can see the new industrial era starting.
23. But later, people of the Victorian era thought differently.
24. The end of an era presupposes the start of another.
25. During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as 'Middle Asia and Kazakhstan'.
26. I just love the fun of dressing up in another era's clothing.
27. It was an era of austerity.
28. Our current era in the West is one of high wealth.
29. We are living in a great historic era.
30. As the era wore on, she switched her attention to films.
31. A new era seemed to be about to dawn for the coach and his young team.
32. In an era of growing cynicism about politicians, Mr. Mandela is a model of dignity and integrity.
33. Concord inaugurated a new era in airplane travel.
34. They come from the era before our turtles returned to the water.
35. The moon landing inaugurated a new era in space exploration.
36. This is a film which seems to hail from the hippie era.
37. How people in a certain era bury their dead says much about the prevailing attitudes toward death.
38. Let's look at some examples of different types of stained glass from each era.
39. The hall is a throwback to another era with its old prints and stained glass.
40. Since the foundation of New China, the development of the Chinese nation has entered a new era.
41. The age of hedonism is being ushered out by a new era of temperance.
42. Germany's asylum law is a relic of an era in European history which has passed.
43. When the Fifties faded into history, there wasn't a lot of mourning for the passing of an era.
44. In Wales in the same era, boys were caned for speaking Welsh in the playground.
45. During the Soviet era and its immediate aftermath, the region was officially known as "Middle Asia and Kazakhstan".
46. This is music from a different era. I've taken those sounds from childhood and mixed them up with other things.
47. The war in 1939 perforce ushered in an era of more grime and drabness.
48. It marks the beginning of a new era in human history.
49. When she left the firm, it was the end of an era.
50. It was a new era in the history of our country.
51. Seventy-four years after the Bolshevik Revolution, the Soviet era ended.
52. The era of personal technology is in many ways just beginning.
53. Notions of modesty restricted women in the Victorian era, but they still swam.
54. It was, if you like, the dawn of a new era.
55. The pictures belong to an era when there was a preoccupation with high society.
56. To the children of this connected era, the world is one giant social network.
57. The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life.
