Examples of the Middle Ages in a Sentence
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According to the team, wild squirrels were trapped throughout the Middle Ages and harvested as a source of fur or housed as household pets.
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Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
May 1, or May Day, has been celebrated for centuries, dating back to the Middle Ages in Europe.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
In the Middle Ages, humanities – grammar, logic, rhetoric – prepared you to do science.
—Timothy Morton, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2024
In the Middle Ages, the road outside the cathedral passed 16 shoe shops.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Although plague is rare, the infection spread rapidly in the Middle Ages, similar to COVID in the 21st century.
—Claire Gillespie, Health, 22 Apr. 2024
Grand balls and opulent galas have been staged in Venice for centuries— the famous Carnival apparently traces back to the Middle Ages.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
Generally speaking, strewing herbs were strewn over the floors of houses, especially in England, during the Middle Ages.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
From the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, the Wa have been steadily denigrated.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 3 May 2024
May 1, or May Day, has been celebrated for centuries, dating back to the Middle Ages in Europe.
—Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2024
In the Middle Ages, humanities – grammar, logic, rhetoric – prepared you to do science.
—Timothy Morton, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2024
In the Middle Ages, the road outside the cathedral passed 16 shoe shops.
—Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2024
Although plague is rare, the infection spread rapidly in the Middle Ages, similar to COVID in the 21st century.
—Claire Gillespie, Health, 22 Apr. 2024
Grand balls and opulent galas have been staged in Venice for centuries— the famous Carnival apparently traces back to the Middle Ages.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
Generally speaking, strewing herbs were strewn over the floors of houses, especially in England, during the Middle Ages.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 20 Apr. 2024
From the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, the Wa have been steadily denigrated.
—Patrick Winn, Rolling Stone, 13 Apr. 2024
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