How to Use history in a Sentence

history

noun
  • They were one of the greatest teams in history.
  • It was one of the most destructive storms in modern history.
  • He wrote a well-known history of the British empire.
  • The book begins with a brief history of the Internet.
  • I studied history in college.
  • The history of space exploration is a fascinating topic.
  • It was a period in American history when most people lived and worked on farms.
  • And many of the homes are open for history tours as well.
    Meagan Drillinger, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2022
  • This was to be the greatest prank in the history of the county.
    Julia A. Morales, Seventeen, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Now comes the sixth trip to the Final Four in school history.
    Joseph Duarte, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Conroy's firing would have been the first forced ouster in the history of the House.
    Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • The next step is making it a weekend that will live in the history books.
    Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • It's steeped in history and the legacies that these guys have.
    Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • The rest is history and is constructed well in the book.
    Thomas Gase, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
  • Four home runs in nine games is the most by a Reds player in team history.
    John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • If history is any guide, then at least one of them will.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
  • There aren't many people in the history of the world who can match him in that regard.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 June 2023
  • Lou will be talking about the history of the local area and the distillery.
    Hartford Courant, 19 May 2022
  • But this was the first puffin in the station's 44-year history.
    USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2024
  • The Colts are winners for the first time in a month, and their three-game losing streak is history.
    Zak Keefer, Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Many of us who have this kind of history want to help others.
    Pauline Campos, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2017
  • The Flames managed just eight shots on goal, a record low in the franchise’s history.
    Keith Gave, Detroit Free Press, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Mills is the first player in Heat history to wear No. 88.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The Grizzlies are 2-1 in Game 6s on the road and trying to force just the third Game 7 in franchise history.
    Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 28 Apr. 2023
  • One of the greatest musicians in the history of mankind.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2020
  • But the fashion house also has a long-history with the circus.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Jan. 2019
  • But now, a new book is exhuming them from the trash heap of history.
    Megan C. Hills, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • Market Street has risen and fallen with the tides of history.
    Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2021
  • The decision by Price’s office to file charges in Monk’s death came just days after a landslide election that saw Price become the first district attorney in the county’s history to be recalled from office.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • Election workers have never completed ballot counting on Election Day at any point in the country's history.
    Rachel Barber, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024

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