How to Use anachronism in a Sentence

anachronism

noun

• The novel is full of anachronisms.
• He's an old-fashioned politician who is seen by many of his colleagues as an anachronism.
• And that beloved anachronism is one that might yet show the way for the future.
  — Marcel Krueger, CNN, 16 May 2022
• There are the truly strange anachronisms throughout the movie.
  — Katie Walsh, Detroit Free Press, 24 Aug. 2017
• In just three years, the group has become an anachronism.
  — New York Times, 20 July 2022
• Now the Kings couldn’t get there, and so were an anachronism.
  — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 10 Apr. 2017
• One columnist even called Perkins an anachronism stuck in the wrong age.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 9 Dec. 2020
• The Corvette is seen too often as an anachronism or a sad totem of mid-life crises.
  — Dan Carney, Popular Science, 2 Jan. 2020
• The winter meetings are something of an anachronism in the smartphone era.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
• The play is full of anachronisms, including that touch-tone phone.
  — Patti Hartigan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2019
• To its credit, the adaptation seems aware of this anachronism.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 7 Dec. 2018
• Yet Wells herself might be an anachronism in the present landscape.
  — Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2022
• These by-elections are a modern quirk in a place of more ancient anachronisms.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• That’s why screens and credit cards are anachronisms, and should not be put into law in the modern era.
  — Brad Templeton, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
• Zahra is much too good a historian not to consider the risks of anachronism.
  — Mark Mazower, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2023
• One of the most audacious aspects of Walker is the presence of anachronisms.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 31 Aug. 2017
• The current culture of our science system is an anachronism in today’s world and must change with the times.
  — Gilda Barabino, Scientific American, 16 Aug. 2021
• In this respect, too, Heavy is something of an anachronism.
  — Will Oremus, Slate Magazine, 15 Mar. 2017
• For many, Glut’s bulk bins went from a charming anachronism to a lifeline.
  — Washington Post, 14 June 2021
• Yes, the royal wedding is a bizarre anachronism from another era.
  — Constance Grady, Vox, 11 May 2018
• As a form of government, the British monarchy is a ridiculous anachronism.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Sep. 2022
• Pearl Jam, at that time, was feeling a little bit like an anachronism.
  — Gen Handley, SPIN, 27 Sep. 2022
• Is the man on Kano’s velvet throne an expensive anachronism?
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2018
• All this bold, heady arena-rock anachronism makes an intuitive kind of sense.
  — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2022
• The Favourite, for all its prestige costume drama bonafides, loves a good anachronism.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 22 Feb. 2019
• But brand has been difficult to measure—an anachronism in the internet era.
  — Scott Turner, Forbes, 29 June 2022
• DeRozan is something of an anachronism in the modern NBA.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 20 Oct. 2019
• But that anachronism just beat the world’s leading superpower.
  — WSJ, 29 Aug. 2021
• Meanwhile, to people who are new to Alaska, the disease may seem like an anachronism.
  — Yereth Rosen, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Jan. 2023
• Some like to dismiss her as a stodgy anachronism, in her sensible shoes and with her sensible handbags.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 15 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024