How to Use centenary in a Sentence

centenary

noun

• This year marks the centenary of the building's construction.
• In 2028, the world will mark the centenary of Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin.
  — Jeremy Coller, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2024
• Next year, events around the world will mark the centenary of his birth.
  — B.f. | Kendal, The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
• This edition of the Olympics marks the centenary of the last time Paris hosted the Games in 1924.
  — Renan Botelho, WWD, 23 July 2024
• The project is timed to the centenary of the 1918 Spanish flu, the worst pandemic on record.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 27 Apr. 2018
• In this centenary of the darkest year of the Great War, what truer novel to read?
  — Alice Kaplan, New Republic, 19 Oct. 2017
• The centenary of Rodin’s death in 2017 expanded the web of intrigue around The Thinker and the attack.
  — Randal Doane, Harper’s Magazine , 7 Dec. 2021
• But the level of caution for the centenary has reached new heights.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 28 June 2021
• July 18 is the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth, and across the world events are planned to mark it.
  — Peter Godwin, WSJ, 13 July 2018
• By the centenary in 2049, Mr Xi has vowed, China will have developed to the point that its strength is plain for the world to see.
  — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
• There were several events in honor of the centenary, but the highlight of the day was the flypast.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
• Then there’s Bach, Liszt and the founders of the modernist Bauhaus movement, which celebrates its centenary in 2019 in the town of Weimar.
  — Smithsonian, 30 Oct. 2017
• Prep time was limited because the idea was to get the film ready in time for Sen’s birth centenary.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 13 May 2023
• Grainger made further sense because this year is the centenary of his birth.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2022
• This year marks the centenary of the death of Prince Albert's great-great-grandfather and namesake.
  — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 23 June 2022
• Two books celebrate the centenary of Hecht’s birth in 1923.
  — David Mason, WSJ, 3 Nov. 2023
• One noteworthy anniversary this year is the centenary of the Red Cross’s first of three awards.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2017
• Just imagine what’s in store for the Turbo’s centenary.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2024
• Proust died at fifty-one, in Paris, of pneumonia, on November 18th, and last year was the centenary of his death.
  — William Benton, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2023
• This year marks the centenary of America's entry into what was then called the Great War.
  — Janice Steinhagen, Courant Community, 28 June 2017
• There’s the centenary of all sorts of events in his career coming up, but the connection to our own era feels deeper.
  — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 21 Jan. 2022
• On the outskirts of town, the Ojai Valley Inn will celebrate its centenary next year.
  — Dania Maxwell, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2022
• Kate and Meghan both attended last year's Remembrance Day, which marked the centenary of the armistice, with both of their husbands.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 Nov. 2019
• World Butter Chicken Day, in other words, celebrates the centenary of the restaurant that birthed the dish.
  — Dallas News, 19 Oct. 2020
• This is just one event in a series today surrounding the RAF centenary.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 10 July 2018
• This simple act marked the only recognition of the centenary.
  — Dorvall Bedford, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2022
• The center is set to open in 2028 to coincide with the centenary of the discovery of penicillin, the first antibiotic.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 16 May 2024
• The new statue will be financed in part from a 5 million pound ($6.8 million) fund to honor the centenary of women’s suffrage.
  — Thomas Furse, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
• It was created to celebrate the centenary of Capote’s birth and has been signed by the literary great himself.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Mar. 2024
• Then things went quiet as BMW geared up to celebrate its centenary.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024