Sentence examples for centuries of refinement from inspiring English sources

FOR all the centuries of refinement that separate a modern rifle from a Renaissance arquebus, the basic idea has not changed.

I worry that SBNR can just be vague, lacking the rigour which comes from centuries of refinement and debate.

But the practice of mindfulness evolved from centuries of refinement within Buddhist culture, translated later by various emigrant teachers.

It took a century of refinement and a squadron of designers with skill and courage.

The shadow play and masked and unmasked dance are court arts reflecting centuries of subtle refinement under the patronage of kings and princes.

As Dr. Holbreich puts it, "What is it about westernization that makes people allergic?" When hay fever first emerged as a common complaint among the upper classes of Britain in the 19th century — and became a badge of refinement — farmers, who were exposed to more pollen than probably anyone else, seemed relatively invulnerable to the new affliction.

The technique of bronze-casting, lost for centuries in the West, was reaching a level of refinement equal to that of antiquity.

In 18th-century British society, public emoting was a sign of refinement and there was a vogue for all things sentimental.

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Like the 18th-century Galante style in music, Merrill's work has a high, almost lacquered finish and prizes the qualities of refinement, intricacy of design and formal containment.

Only around the turn of the nineteenth century did it acquire its current meaning of someone concerned with the display, rather than simply the practice, of refinement.