Sentence examples for history setting from inspiring English sources

It still ranks as the bloodiest conflict in human history, setting unsurpassed standards for brutality.

Exploring, then rejecting, the sad fate of Lovelace and her plans, Padua turns the tables on history, setting the aristocrat to work building a mechanical behemoth.

But she dealt with it, emphatically, and blew away the competition in London; hers was the third-biggest winning margin in Olympic heptathlon history, setting two British records.

The tour went on to gross $260m£154m4m) and became the most lucrative rock tour in history, setting the template for their subsequent world tours.

Details of Florentine history, setting, costume, and dialogue were scrupulously studied at the British Museum and during a second trip to Italy in 1861.

Juppé described his vision for a new chapter in EU history, setting out how it needed to be reformed in light of Brexit, culminating in a referendum in all the member states willing to take the next steps to integration.

The biggest shock in World Cup history set the tone for the next six weeks.

HISTORY For a hyperlocal glimpse into Florida's pre-Columbian history, set upon Marco Island, south of Naples.

Notre Dame, one of the most storied programs in college football history, set a team record for losses in going 3-9.

His works often explore themes of personal history, set in his native Poland, sometimes referring to the Holocaust.

The very laws intended to address the country's racial history set a high bar for any race-based system.