Sentence examples for time of advent from inspiring English sources

For the word "advent" literally means "the coming," and in this sense, these weeks in December are indeed a time of "advent" for all of us -- whether we consider ourselves religious or not.

Things Fall Apart (1958), Achebe's first novel, concerns traditional Igbo life at the time of the advent of missionaries and colonial government in his homeland.

A brief account is given of the history of dynamic mass spectrometers from the time of their advent.

Advent is a time of waiting, and Advent hymns reflect this tone more appropriately than Christmas carols.

In a few weeks' time the season of Advent will begin and with it that period of waiting for the coming of the Christ child at Christmas.

At the same time, the advent of school choice offers renewed promise of boosting low graduation rates.

Literately scripted by Anthony McCarten from the memoir by the subject's ex-wife, Jane Hawking, the film follows the physicist from carefree cycling days in Cambridge, through the onset of motor neurone disease, to A Brief History of Time and the advent of the world's most recognised electronic voice.

Telling what happened between the two centuries that separate Steno's from Darwin's writings, and how Florentine fossils were instrumental for understanding the vast stretches of time before the advent of man on earth, catalyzed the attention of the public.

Within a very short period of time, with the advent of Mughals, Dhaka rose from a humble position of Mughal military outpost to a burgeoning metropolis.

Though the Tories attacked us at the time, the advent of the new deal and tax credits meant that, for millions of people, work paid more than welfare.

With the passage of time and the advent of new security measures, Americans are gradually being coaxed back into the skies.