How to Use century in a Sentence

century

noun

• When the prince got married, it was called the wedding of the century.
• It took more than a century to complete the cathedral.
• The pottery dates back to the sixth century B.C.E.
• But of the 24 songs touched on, only eight were from the 21st century, with only three from the past decade.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023
• Since the silent era, a century’s worth of movies has told us how to love, how to die, how to dress, how to behave.
  — Peter Biskind, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
• For more than half a century, Israel has controlled the borders of the West Bank and Gaza.
  — Benjamin Case, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2024
• The film—which take place across Hong Kong and France—is one of the most critically beloved films of the century, if not all time.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2023
• The Coronation Oath has stood for centuries and is enshrined in law.
  — Town & Country, 7 May 2023
• One of the greatest living lutenists, North will play Italian pieces with La Morra from the 15th and 16th centuries.
  — Beth Wood, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• And for centuries, religions have embraced a love to all pets.
  — Matt Keenan, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
• Glia, once thought to be mere glue that fills the space between neurons, were largely ignored in the brain for much of the 20th century.
  — Yasemin Saplakoglu, WIRED, 14 Jan. 2024
• The 20th century was marked by change and new beginnings.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 1 Mar. 2024
• The wetlands restoration will cover 5.8 acres, the last of what more than a century ago was a 44-acre coastal lagoon.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• Fuel emissions standards, the likes of which the United States has had for half a century.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• Part of the solution is supposed to be housing that’s been in Skid Row for more than a century.
  — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
• The town is a sacred place for Native Hawaiians and was the capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom for the first half of the 19th century.
  — Justine McDaniel and Maham Javaid, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023
• The motion to vacate has only been used once before -- more than a century ago -- and failed.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• During the first eight decades of the 20th century, the five Greines brothers were so well known in north Fort Worth that no one had to ask how to say the family’s last name.
  — Hollace Ava Weiner, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
• But given that women have been joining the workforce in droves for at least half a century, their share of top roles is still low.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• Its unique curves and contours evoke the cylindrical airships of the early 20th century.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 4 Dec. 2023
• Bass Reeves was more than a cowboy, he was infamously known as one of the best law enforcers in the MidWest during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 25 Mar. 2024
• The fifth is a micro-mosaic of Saint Nicholas in a stunning gold frame from Constantinople that dates to the late 13th or early 14th century.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2023
• The land is known as the Old Atlanta Prison Farm, where prisoners labored in poor working conditions for much of the 20th century.
  — Melissa Chan, NBC News, 6 June 2023
• The solar eclipse, one of the biggest astronomical events of the century, is only two days away.
  — The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2024
• Peterson is a minister and is trying to rename Faneuil Hall because of its ties to the slave trade in the 18th century.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Her former homestead has been the site of weddings and summer vacations for more than a quarter of a century.
  — Detroit Free Press, 13 Mar. 2024
• Today, centuries later, palenqueras sell fruit throughout the Old City.
  — Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2023
• More than a century ago, the advent of the automobile was bad news for stable hands, but good for mechanics.
  — Robert McMillan, WSJ, 5 Oct. 2023
• That is, if Newsom discards the nitty gritty that too many gun owners would read as a threat to take away their 21st century muskets.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• The rapid change in the Medina since that time looms for Moroccans who grew up in this part of the city, filled with ancient riad buildings, some dating back to the 13th century.
  — Grace Banks, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024