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'century' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'century' with 20 example sentences.


century noun

: a period of 100 years

: ten 10s


  • The house was built in the 16th century.
  • In the 15th century, Portugal was a great colonial power.
  • Football was played in China in the second century.
  • It only happens once a century.
  • There are turtles that are more than two centuries old.
  • The twenty-first century begins in 2001.
  • Spain was in Muslim hands for eight centuries.
  • The town was established in the 18th century.
  • He was born in the 19th century.
  • A millennium comprises ten centuries.
  • Modern philosophy has its beginnings in the 19th century.
  • This plum wine is from the previous century.
  • My grandparents were born in the last century.
  • This island belonged to France in the 19th century.
  • Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.
  • In the 19th century, the number of immigrants grew rapidly.
  • Many improvements have been made since this century began.
  • This church dates from the 12th century.
  • A century ago, this was just a small farm town.
  • Antibiotics were discovered at the beginning of the twentieth century.
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