Sentence examples for while ancient from inspiring English sources

The guests milled about, while ancient hits by Madonna and the Jackson Five played over the imperfect sound system.

It was worn by priestesses in ancient Egypt and Rome, while ancient temples were faced with white marble.

So, while ancient sites reflected pagan cosmologies and animistic beliefs, in Renaissance landscapes the experience of the individual viewer became central.

While ancient cultures felt reassured by their respective myths of creation, they nonetheless seemed eager to measure time as a way of controlling it.

While ancient family feuds, tricksy colonels and treading a measure do not feature heavily in the current headaches of our contemporary heroes, having had "more affairs than Soft Mick" does.

While ancient Greek and Roman texts are widely accessible in modern editions, those from ancient Egypt have been largely overlooked, and the civilisation is most famous for its monuments.

WHILE many ancient cultures have used dreams as guideposts, the practice has not been as common in modern times.

While ancients and medievals inhabiting a teleological worldview (on which attraction toward the good required no further explanation) could answer thus, to that extent, it seems, they faced no Problem of Good, which arises to the extent one abandons unexplained teleology.

"I couldn't stop laughing," he said, comparing this to the way he felt while writing "Ancient Tillage".

While visiting ancient sites and drinking wine at tavernas, they plotted out the things they would do when he returned.

And while an ancient rivalry becomes more civilized, Turkey showed that it is going to be a formidable foe to beat on its home soil.