Sentence examples for history down from inspiring English sources

The StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization that offers advice about preserving personal history, down to suggested conversation openers.

And Steve Toltz's novel is set in Australia, and another exhumation of dead family history down under.

Tolstoy's novel brings history down to the level of chatter, which somehow makes it a natural work for radio.

There more than elsewhere civilized traditions of life and those of steppe tribesmen blended through the centuries of recorded history down to the present.

It received just over 60 percent of the ballots cast, the lowest in its history, down from 67 percent in 2006 and 75 percent in 2001.

The firsthand political records declined accordingly, although they remain of significance for local history down to the Ptolemaic era, a dynasty that ruled Egypt beginning in 304 bce, founded by Ptolemy I Soter, a general under Alexander the Great.

The work covers the study of dependence of system behavior on operational history, down-comer resistance and channel power.

"We have a tremendous weight of history bearing down on our shoulders," says Riley. "But being weighed down by history isn't a good thing".

As the years pass, history bears down.

We feel the pressure of history bearing down on us.

Or home pressure, history pressing down on your guy's broad shoulders?