How to Use continent in a Sentence

continent

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  • Europe and Asia are sometimes considered together to be one continent.
  • The book provides information on hotels in Britain and on the Continent.
  • But the Seychelles are fragments of an ancient continent dropped in the middle of the sea.
    — Frank Hulley-Jones, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • One of the greatest strengths of our dear continent is its people.
    — Temitope Olukunle, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Last summer his team did 14 shoots in 15 days on five continents.
    — Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Many of the effects of climate change play out at a very large scale: Heatwaves that grip entire continents.
    — Kari Nadeau, STAT, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The paper covered 49 case studies on six continents and in all five oceans.
    — WIRED, 25 July 2023
  • There was a time decades ago when overnight trains crisscrossed the European continent.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
  • African people across the African continent love football.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Earth’s southernmost continent once was home to rivers and forests teeming with life.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There are now more than 4,000 of his mosaics in cities and towns on all continents except Antarctica.
    — John Leicester, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024
  • World of Adventures takes place over 24 days on four continents.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 6 Dec. 2023
  • With 44 shows across three continents and 16 countries, Combs' tour is the largest ever for a country artist and has broken records across the globe, per a press release.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The pathogen emerged spontaneously 14 years ago on three continents, in Venezuela, India, and South Africa.
    — Camille Fassett, Chicago Tribune, 27 July 2023
  • This is a story that spans many decades, in two different continents.
    — EW.com, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Behind him is a frightening future image of the Earth as seen from space: fire-red continents and pitch-black oceans.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2024
  • South America has the mighty Amazon and Africa has the Nile, but much of those continents have no inland shipping access.
    — Michael Barnard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The script has since been translated into more than half a dozen languages and performed across four continents.
    — Shania Russell, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Inspired by the profound beauty not only of Nigeria but also across the entire continent, the founder of 54 Thrones opens the heart and soul of Africa to the diaspora and the world.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Women from more than 90 countries, via six continents, are set to compete for the Miss Universe title this year.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The Band’s music, and Robbie’s own later solo music, seemed to come from the deepest place at the heart of this continent, its traditions and tragedies and joys.
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Even a common species like the barn owl — found on every continent as well as remote islands — is a source of disagreement.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The event marks the first installment of a larger series of touring festivals that will expand across the African continent in the coming years.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But don't expect to cross continents on a single charge—the trade-off for being small and cheap is a range of about 125 miles on a full charge, a little more than the aforementioned Mini.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Suddenly an arced stretch of islands strides atop the world, where two continents nearly touch each other.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 1 July 2023
  • And despite the challenges of not being in the same room (or even the same continent) as one of his costars, Heughan is thrilled that Dion is making her feature film acting debut in Love Again.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 4 May 2023
  • The study comes as scientists continue to sound the alarm about what is happening to the Earth’s most isolated continent.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The artists, who live and work across several continents, are united by their connection to Lagos and the textures of life within its bounds.
    — Tausif Noor, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The class of 2023 includes designers from six countries across four continents.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Bands of jewels divide the orb into three sections that represent the three continents known in medieval times.
    — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023

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