How to Use time capsule in a Sentence

time capsule

noun
  • There was no cost to the city for the time capsule, according to the city.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The place is a 1970s disco time capsule, and is a spectacle, to say the least.
    Lauren Yoshiko, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2023
  • The school made a video to celebrate the time capsule’s burial.
    Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • In Dothan, first-graders filled a time capsule with notes and letters.
    Ruth Serven Smith | Rserven@al.com, al, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The space stood empty in the meantime, a time capsule from a simpler world.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • There were more than a dozen messages, each a time capsule from a lost life.
    Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The best red-carpet dresses of 2022 can also serve as a time capsule for the year.
    Glamour, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Hidden in the bottom half of the trophy is a hole that has become a time capsule.
    Grace Hollars, The Indianapolis Star, 19 May 2022
  • There was no cost to the city for the time capsule, according to city officials.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 29 Sep. 2023
  • The elusive time capsule has been an intriguing epilogue to the saga of the statue.
    Washington Post, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Chamber members are invit4ed to join for a happy hour and toast to the time capsule on May 11 at Behind the Woods.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Questions or suggestions for the time capsule can be sent to southmilwaukee125@gmail.com.
    Erik S. Hanley, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2022
  • There has always been a range of meanings, and purposes, attached to the idea of a time capsule.
    Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Filled with 12 prompts, this letter book acts as a paper time capsule.
    Jamie Kravitz, Woman's Day, 4 Aug. 2022
  • If that’s the case, the distinct layers could act like a planetary time capsule, Phạm says.
    Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 22 Feb. 2023
  • In some regards, jeen-yus is a time capsule of the life and career of a man who has done so much — for better or for worse.
    Aramide Tinubu, Essence, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Best of all, this album becomes a time capsule and an heirloom to pass down.
    Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The plan is to keep the song in the time capsule until the 30th anniversary of the resort, at which time Parton will be (fingers crossed) 99 years old.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The time capsule was built and donated by Dave and Jenny Marrs of Bentonville.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 11 Aug. 2023
  • What a strange time capsule of a movie this is for several people in front of and behind the camera.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Brumfield’s work led state officials to scour the Lee statue for a time capsule.
    Washington Post, 1 Feb. 2022
  • That's not all: As the camera panned back up, Henning spotted what was likely a time capsule.
    Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 21 June 2023
  • Just last week, historians were let down by another time capsule found in the pedestal of the Robert E. Lee.
    Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Kinder said the manuscript was completed in the fall of 2020 but already felt like something of a time capsule.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2022
  • Built in 1831, the store is like a time capsule (despite being flooded every few years when the Ohio River swells).
    Caroline Eubanks, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2022
  • But while the film is a cinematic time capsule of sorts, its core themes still feel urgent.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 May 2023
  • Doe was buried again, in a new spot since his previous location had since been used for a time capsule.
    David Reamer | Alaska History, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Jon Bernthal struts his stuff as the escort trying to get his laugh back, but this '80s artifact should have been left in the time capsule.
    Brian Lowry, CNN, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The book also inspired Clueless, which is more of a time capsule of 1995 than a period piece.
    Lia Beck, EW.com, 6 Feb. 2024
  • It’s a digital time capsule, filled with a stranger’s photos and text messages.
    Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2022

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