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There were, indeed, in the Middle Ages, some very fine paintings covered in lashings of gold leaf.
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Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
During the Middle Ages, the practice of individual confession developed in what is now Ireland.
—Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
The bacterium causes bubonic plague (the Black Death of the Middle Ages).
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
According to Charles Spence, an experimental psychologist at Oxford University, natural dyes—yellow from saffron and egg yolks, green from crushed plants, red from sandalwood—became especially popular in the Middle Ages.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
During the Middle Ages, the practice of individual confession developed in what is now Ireland.
—Timothy Gabrielli, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
The bacterium causes bubonic plague (the Black Death of the Middle Ages).
—Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
According to Charles Spence, an experimental psychologist at Oxford University, natural dyes—yellow from saffron and egg yolks, green from crushed plants, red from sandalwood—became especially popular in the Middle Ages.
—Shayla Love, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Middle Ages
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“The Middle Ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Middle%20Ages. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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