Sentence examples for historians explain from inspiring English sources
Historians explain why things turned out the way they did.
In the days since the attacks, historians explain, Americans have projected on to Mr. Bush the qualities they desperately want him to have.
For example, most American historians explain the student protests of 1968 as a consequence of Lyndon Johnson's Vietnam policies, the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., the delayed impact of Dr. Spock's permissive child-care theories, and so forth.
Modern historians explain that the Church tried to regulate torture, establishing clear guidelines for its use.
Some historians explain the reluctance to declare independence as a "mask of Ferdinand VII": that is, that patriot leaders felt that they needed to claim loyalty to the deposed monarch in order to prepare the masses for the radical change that full independence eventually would entail.
The Han in the lowlands had little in common with the pastoral people in the mountains — no shared language or diet — and Chinese historians explained that a Tang-dynasty princess taught Tibetans about agriculture, silk, paper, modern medicine, and industry, and stopped them from painting their faces red.
Michael Miscione, Manhattan's borough historian, explained why.
"One historian explains how Mary Seacole's story never stood up".
Jacqueline Jones, a labor historian, explains how in the rural South most farmland became white land.
Charlotte Fiell, a design historian, explains: "Instead of being slaves to contemporary fashion trends, Marimekko set out to set itself apart from the fashion industry.
Martin van Creveld, a leading Israeli military historian, explained why in an essay for The Forward in late 2010 headlined, "Israel Doesn't Need the West Bank to Be Secure".
