Sentence examples for spanning centuries from inspiring English sources

Spanning Centuries Celebrating its 300th birthday, Mobile, Ala., is about to survey 300 years of American art.

Rajan told me that coin experts estimated that the vault held approximately a hundred thousand gold coins, spanning centuries of trade: Roman, Napoleonic, Mughal, Dutch.

In this concert, rescheduled because of Hurricane Sandy, the King's Singers bring their magpie curiosity to works spanning centuries and continents, from Renaissance madrigals to Gershwin.

In his recitals he finds fascinating ways to juxtapose pieces spanning centuries, aiming to highlight surprising musical resonances among works vastly different in language and style.

Theirs is one of several related stories here, spanning centuries and continents, and all tethered to a rock formation in the Mojave Desert.

My father's family -- indeed, my ancestors spanning centuries -- was fervently Catholic, but even as a child, I witnessed the contradictions between their preaching and practices.

The action spans centuries.

The text spans centuries of history and leaps across disciplines.

The Industrial Revolution spanned centuries and still left society reeling.

"A Ghost Story," which spans centuries, suggests that even posterity is just a temporary holding area.

"India and Iran are ancient civilizations whose relations span centuries," the Indian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.