"century" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- From the Merrimac to Skylab in one short century?
- It finally went bankrupt in the early 21st century just short of its 100th birthday.
- A building that had covered a township in one short century, that would cover a hundred townships in the next.
- When she was but a child, only a short two centuries before, a thousand elves had danced in Shilmista.
- Thus, many of the troubles of Africa - which was mostly sealed off until only a short century ago - start with outsiders.
- "He said Uzamatte would be destroyed, its magic devoured in a few short centuries."
- Billions of years developing, unraveled in short centuries.
- The term is analogous to the long nineteenth century and the short twentieth century.
- He had the superior brow and the thoroughbred nose that isn't grown in short centuries.
- This began to gnaw at the vitals of the man who in a few short centuries had built up a mighty stellar empire.
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