the Industrial Revolution

noun

: the major social and economic changes that occurred in Britain, Europe, and the U.S. in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when new machinery, new sources of power, and new ways of manufacturing products were developed

Examples of the Industrial Revolution in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the Industrial Revolution shifted power to the masses, with democracy, individual rights, and the freedom to innovate. — Christopher Koopman, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Fifty years ago, the area was monopolised by the heavy industry of Trafford Park — the world’s first industrial park in the world’s first city of the Industrial Revolution. — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026

The pigments were matched to sunsets painted by Turner and Monet, the sublime effects of which were caused by pollution from the Industrial Revolution, and so the work was likewise beautiful in direct proportion to the poisoning of our atmosphere. — Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026

Helen knitted and watched women’s basketball on television, Rocky read a schoolbook about the Industrial Revolution in England, and the Schipperke slept on the rug by the fireplace. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for the Industrial Revolution

• ablution
• aleutian
• confucian
• dilution
• elution
• locution
• pollution
• solution
• volution
• absolution
• allocution
• attribution