Sentence examples for centuries yet from inspiring English sources

Provins was a commercial hub for centuries, yet now feels like a quiet backwater.

"I live a citizen of centuries yet to come," Posa says in the play, very truly.

Questions that have agonised civilisations for centuries, yet here funnelled through the eyes of a teenage girl.

Fish represent the largest class of vertebrates with longevities that span from months to centuries, yet little has been reported on the aging of any of these species.

He's a celebrity phenomenon – an artist who's been dead for five centuries yet holds the record for the world's most expensive painting sold at auction.

Their natural history is well known — they have been hunted for centuries — yet many details of their biomechanics and morphology remain obscure.

Persian literature was deeply influenced by Western literary and philosophical traditions in the 19th and 20th centuries yet remains a vibrant medium for Iranian culture.

It's one of the staple foods that we have eaten for centuries, yet now we are eating less and less of it.