How to Use artifact in a Sentence
artifact
noun- The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.
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Beyond that, though, this movie is an important artifact in horror movie history.
— Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 9 Nov. 2022 -
Greater distrust of the political system, an artifact of life in troubled home countries.
— Brittny Mejiastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2022 -
The artifact could be anywhere in the city, wherever the safe was eventually transported and opened.
— Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 Nov. 2022 -
But the Gottlieb-Caro dynamic feeling like such an artifact doesn’t just have to do with everyone being nicer now.
— Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2023 -
On social media, critics questioned whether bringing the Civil War-era artifact to a movie premiere was a wise move.
— Michaela Zee, Variety, 2 Dec. 2022 -
But whether their prognostications were correct, the end product is undeniable: a gleaming artifact of pure pop goodness.
— Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Each artifact is distinctive, measuring between 39 and 43 inches in height.
— Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024 -
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 -
In this movie, during the Space Race the robots in disguise leave an artifact on the dark side of the moon.
— Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023 -
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 -
Starfield sets you up as a humble space miner who comes in contact with a mysterious artifact that is linked to others and a universe-changing prophecy.
— K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 9 Oct. 2024
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