Sentence examples for former era from inspiring English sources

Many recent cases relate to a former era.

For starters, there are few grounds for believing, as Greenfield does, that a former era of mingled pride or scorn for science is giving way to fear.

Another terrific boxing writer of a former era, the Sun's Colin Hart, rightly noted that "every superlative to describe his [Ali's] skill and courage as a fighter was used up long ago".

Back in the former era, the motivation was clear enough.

They were moved around the country, from place to place, housed temporarily in palace ruins and other abandoned buildings from a former era – sometimes even in mental asylums.

He has few friends in the Mafiosi circles in Francophone Africa". "When meeting African heads of state, some will be embarrassed to speak to this man who could be their son". African leaders will no longer benefit from the former era's complicity, Mr Balima says.

Women in former eras were downtrodden and frequently assented to it.

And Fenby himself most likely drew on chairs from former eras, too.

In former eras, Neil's role might have been filled by a young sister.

Yet her mining of these mythopoetic fundamentals hollowed out the myths of former eras, particularly the repressive myths that reinforced male supremacy for so many centuries.

In a time in the entertainment industry when actresses are expecting to play more fully developed characters than former eras afforded them, books of the past, like the socially driven adaptation of The Handmaid's Tale, can provide a compelling template, she said.