How to Use antiquity in a Sentence

antiquity

noun

• The town dates from antiquity.
• A palace stood here in antiquity.
• Four basic tastes had prevailed since antiquity: salty, sweet, sour and bitter.
  — Elizabeth G. Dunn, WSJ, 30 Jan. 2020
• These elements could be combined to form an iron oxide called hematite, which we humans have used to make mirrors since antiquity.
  — Adam Hadhazy, Popular Mechanics, 28 Feb. 2020
• Their antiquity was taken to be both beautiful and meaningful.
  — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020
• Fake figurines also began to enter the antiquities market.
  — National Geographic, 29 Jan. 2020
• But if the accord serves as a modern-day tie between the U.S. and its southern neighbor, then sotol has bonded the region since antiquity.
  — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
• The British Museum strongly supports the fight against trade in illicit antiquities.
  — The Economist, 20 Feb. 2020
• Scholars say that similar, authentic artifacts can fetch millions in the antiquities market.
  — Daniel Burke, CNN, 15 Mar. 2020
• Even as some aspects of the book slip into quaint antiquity (the name itself, for instance comes from the old atlas tradition of depicting small rural highways in blue ink), others remain timely.
  — Sunset Magazine, 19 Mar. 2020
• Madrid may not have the sheer beauty of Paris or the antiquity of Athens or Rome.
  — Town & Country, 14 Dec. 2022
• Aswan is a city that dates from antiquity about 425 miles up the Nile from Cairo.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2020
• As of late antiquity, Europeans still lived in tribes, like most of the rest of the world.
  — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 6 Sep. 2020
• Some of the trippiest works in the SAAM show date from antiquity.
  — Washington Post, 12 Nov. 2021
• And none of this means that the modern Maltese or any other modern breed is the same as the dogs of antiquity.
  — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2021
• The thief pulled up to an antiquities gallery on La Cienega Boulevard with a clear plan.
  — Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• How did an artifact of antiquity make it to the vestibule of a hotel?
  — Chadner Navarro, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2023
• Ennos points out that the largest ship in the world in 1514, the Henry Grace à Dieu in the English king’s fleet, was no larger than the great ships of antiquity.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2020
• Her book is equally sprawling in terms of time, moving back and forth across the centuries, from antiquity to the present.
  — Howard W. French, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Meet and shop from skilled artisans and merchants who have searched the world for unique gems, beads and antiquities.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Artists have copied and quoted the masterpieces of the past since antiquity.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 29 Aug. 2020
• But keep in mind, trans identities have been with us since the antiquities.
  — CBS News, 23 July 2023
• One thing is for certain: Texas is now, thanks to the world’s newest naval ram, the newest naval power of antiquity.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 31 Jan. 2023
• The legacy of the great and rich period that was antiquity has lain dormant in us for centuries.
  — WSJ, 30 Aug. 2022
• Some of the priests had lineages reaching back 1,000 years, evidence that the religion of antiquity and the present were linked.
  — New York Times, 4 Apr. 2021
• The story seems to have been a source of embarrassment to Jews and Christians in antiquity and even in more recent times.
  — David Lincicum, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2021
• The tasty visual belongs to a genre of images, known as Xenia in antiquity.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
• The five chunks of brown coal, each no bigger than a matchbox, add further evidence of the port’s antiquity.
  — J. Besl, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• Bring an authentic, eerie look with antiquities, such as weathered lanterns, wrought iron candelabras, aged books, and old-fashioned apothecary jars filled with creepy crawlies and witches potions.
  — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2024
• Now a campaign led by Zahi Hawass, a renowned archaeologist and Egypt’s former antiquities minister, aims to change that and end the country's decadeslong struggle to bring the queen home, along with dozens of other historical artifacts.
  — Charlene Gubash, NBC News, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024