Sentence examples for until it was eclipsed from inspiring English sources

The Sāmānid aura lasted from 819 until it was eclipsed in 999.

For some 40 years, until it was eclipsed by busier Asian ports in the early 21st century, Rotterdam handled more tonnage than any other harbour in the world.

The reactor, the nation's first graphite research reactor, operated throughout the 1950's and 1960's until it was eclipsed by newer reactors, closing in 1969.

Until it was eclipsed by the US, the Saudi kingdom was the world's largest oil producer and currently ranks as the 10th largest polluter, according to Enerdata.

His epic Annales, a narrative poem telling the story of Rome from the wanderings of Aeneas to the poet's own day, was the national epic until it was eclipsed by Virgil's Aeneid.

But the closer comparison may be to CUC International, which held the title of largest American accounting fraud until it was eclipsed by the wave of frauds that have come to light in the last two years.

Though not well received, the ballet was much discussed in Parisian cultural circles, until, that is, it was eclipsed by the scandal of the "Rite of Spring" ("Le Sacre du Printemps").

The original PlayStation continued production until March 2005, when it was eclipsed by the next generation of 64-bit consoles, including Sony's own PlayStation 2 (PS2; introduced in the early 2000s).

Australia remained the single largest export market for the product until 1910, when it was eclipsed by the United States.

The tallest building in Pittsburgh until 1970, when it was eclipsed by the U.S. Steel Tower, it is capped by a step pyramid structure several stories high.

The field was considered relatively lucrative until the 1990s, when it was eclipsed by the pay in commercial software engineering.