How to Use artifact in a Sentence

artifact

noun
  • The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.
  • The artifact was found in the Blombos cave in South Africa.
    Elizabeth Gamillo, Discover Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • But the handsome space and the artifacts in it could be just as much of a draw.
    Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2020
  • The Cold War is over and the loser’s artifacts are now pop kitsch.
    Jonathan Bradley, Billboard, 5 July 2018
  • The effect tends to flicker in and out and have lots of strange artifacts.
    Jacob Kastrenakes, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2018
  • There have even been discussions in the past about whether the artifact is a forgery.
    Lauren Kent, CNN, 21 Sep. 2020
  • The first group of artifacts brought in more than $5.2 million, the auction house said.
    Robert Lee Hotz, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2018
  • But the hot dog stand is not an artifact of a bygone era.
    Amy Cavanaugh, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2023
  • Southerleigh’s sense of place at the Pearl comes through not just with the food, but with artifacts from the brewing process.
    Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Here are the important artifacts that were saved from the fire.
    Elizabeth Gulino, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2019
  • Mendenhall likes to comb the beach for artifacts to add to the collection.
    Kyle Hopkins, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The four-man team hoovered up just about every Alamo artifact that came on the market over the next decade.
    Chris Tomlinson, San Antonio Express-News, 20 May 2021
  • Other iron artifacts from the same time have also been found around the globe.
    David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2017
  • The tool wall is an artifact that puts the work back into artwork.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2021
  • Art defining the present became an artifact of the past.
    Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • For those of us who were young at the time of its release, the book, then, is a bittersweet artifact.
    Washington Post, 25 Feb. 2022
  • But the Eye is still a powerful artifact, and that’s what the post-credits scene might be all about.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 4 Oct. 2021
  • The durag has always been an artifact used to protect our crowns.
    Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 18 June 2022
  • Two of the ancient artifacts are bronze swords, the museum said.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The list, from casino.org, breaks down values by item, sport, type of artifact and value.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 23 May 2021
  • There’s one alien artifact on the north west part of Catty Corner.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes, 8 June 2021
  • For Sawyer, 68, this type of anxiety is not an artifact but a scar on his heart.
    Dan Zak, Washington Post, 2 Aug. 2022
  • In the latest film, Jones, played by the 80-year-old Ford, races to retrieve an artifact that can change the course of history.
    Caelyn Pender, Fortune, 6 July 2023
  • The researchers say that grooves carved into the artifact are meant to mark the urethral opening and distinguish the glans from the shaft.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
  • Made of bronze, the artifact was inlaid in gold with an ancient vision of the cosmos by its crafters.
    New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • But Playboy, at its best, wasn't just an artifact of its time.
    Chris Jones, Esquire, 28 Sep. 2017
  • Because of the anchor’s size and the potential cost of conservation, the park will leave the artifact on the seafloor.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Learn about Elvis's career with the help of hundreds of artifacts and photos from his life.
    Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2019
  • On the front of the artifact is an inscription showing a diagram of a field.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Aug. 2021
  • These alleys are quirky artifacts in Pierre L’Enfant’s design for the city.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023

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