Sentence examples for ancient feel from inspiring English sources

This being the age of the theme mall, Kahn insisted that all stands have an ancient feel, as personified by the dark-wooded "barber shop" where children have their faces painted with the Pacers' colors.

First of all, the cover is white recycled rabbit skin, soft to the touch with a precious, ancient feel.

In fevered times, the ancients felt the gods had to be propitiated with human sacrifices.

By contrast, the North American Review believed it to be Morris's method "To reproduce the antique, not as the ancients felt it, but as we feel it,– to transfuse it with modern thought and emotion".

The pages have an ancient parchment feel to them and the illustrations look chalky with earthy pigments and an almost magical quality to them.

Still, the Wisconsin linothorax, by suggesting what the "basic, default version" of the armor might have looked like, has made the ancient world feel a little more real.

The other has an ancient, religious feel – words like Buddha, meditation, even enlightenment (in this context) can prompt negative reactions that stem partly from current attitudes towards religion in our society.

Luckily for her, millions of ancient Chinese felt differently.

At twenty-six, Frey considers herself somewhat ancient, and feels lucky to have the inspiration of youth.

M.T.A. employee must have been trusted member of society with whom ancient New Yorkers felt O.K. being vulnerable.

A love song this may have been, but one whose ancient threads felt wound into contemporary sensations of anxiety and isolation.