Sentence examples for history was set from inspiring English sources
1961 Biggest Nuclear Bomb Set Off The greatest man-made explosion in the world's history was set off today [Oct. 23] by the Soviet Union.
"I am appalled to see how much of modern history was set in motion by two civil servants called Sykes and Picot".
Over the next century, the foundations of the modern British state were laid by Henry VIII, son of the Bosworth victor Henry VII, and by Henry VIII's daughter, Elizabeth I, and it was during their reigns that Richard's wretched place in history was set by chroniclers loyal to the new rulers.
Now that an investigation has conclusively established that the "largest blackout in North American history was set off by a series of human and computer failures at an Ohio power company" (front page, Nov. 20), one wonders if public apologies will be forthcoming from the many American utilities and officials who immediately blamed Canada for the crisis.
A1 Blackout Report Blames Utility A panel of government and industry officials reported that the largest blackout in North American history was set off by a series of failures at an Ohio power company, where workers could not act to halt an escalating crisis because they did not even know it existed.
Because this alternate history is set in the same lawful universe as ours, its science must be the same.
Thankfully, lest we find ourselves daydreaming, the best doubles players in the world — maybe in history — were set to play.
Senator Robert C. Byrd, Democrat of West Virginia, who is already the longest-serving senator in United States history, is set to cross another milestone of longevity in the legislative branch.
Now, this weekend, we're being hurled towards another catastrophe, as the political parties that plunged us into the worst economic disaster in the nation's history are set to be voted into office again.
A spacecraft destined to become the fastest manmade object in history is set for launch on Friday on a mission that will end in a high-speed crash into the largest planet in the solar system.
