How to Use prehistoric in a Sentence

prehistoric

adjective

• His attitudes about women are downright prehistoric.
• The find sheds light on what the prehistoric relative of the great white looked like.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 16 July 2024
• Among the prehistoric stars will be the Tyrannosaurus rex, Spinosaurus and Triceratops.
  — Kimi Robinson, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2021
• Tykoski said mosasaurs were like the great white sharks or killer whales of prehistoric times.
  — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
• Another prehistoric find is now up for grabs—this time in the City of Lights.
  — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2022
• But the most striking reminders of the region’s prehistoric origins are the 25 glaciers that give the park its name.
  — Teddy Brokaw, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2024
• Life finds a way — to get far away from scary prehistoric predators!
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 21 Jan. 2022
• The seas receded over time, causing the prehistoric sharks to die.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 12 June 2023
• Jason Statham and team fight to stay alive as prehistoric creatures come to the surface.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• In fact, some in the Stevensburg District are prehistoric.
  — Allison Brophy Champion, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
• That is the largest number of visits known for any prehistoric cave in Europe.
  — Julia Buckley, CNN, 16 May 2023
• The tracks were left by prehistoric birds, the oldest bird footprints yet found on Australia.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Nov. 2023
• This prehistoric fish with a jutting jaw can weigh over 150 pounds.
  — David Coggins, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2022
• Travel back in time to the Mesozoic Era with prehistoric dinosaurs that move and roar.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 Nov. 2021
• Kudos to the kids' movie that takes place in prehistoric times, but doesn't center on dinosaurs.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 29 Nov. 2022
• The Meg pits Jason Statham against a giant prehistoric shark.
  — Rebecca Pahle, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• As wind and water erode the cliff face, prehistoric fossils emerge.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Sep. 2024
• Thousands of years ago, the entire area was covered by a prehistoric lake.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• The Rhône Valley is rich in prehistoric sites, and Grotte Mandrin is one of the most important.
  — Tom Metcalfe, NBC News, 9 Feb. 2022
• Word spreads, and soon all caves are alive with the fragrance of prehistoric barbecue.
  — Greg Coticchia, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Norway has more than half of the prehistoric and medieval finds from the ice globally.
  — New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
• So there’s this big prehistoric lizard, see, and once upon a time, the powers that be tried to kill him with a nuclear bomb.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• One is a prehistoric shark called megactenopetalus, which had teeth as big or bigger than megalodon teeth.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Pratt and Howard were also seen in glimpses running once again from the prehistoric creatures.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
• The prehistoric shark lived between 23 to 3.6 million years ago and was about three times larger than the modern day great white shark.
  — Melissa Pérez-Carrillo, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
• Wild and bizarre Arizona had some wild sharks in its prehistoric waters.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 7 Aug. 2023
• Four names and the date of Dec. 26 were scratched into the prehistoric art, officials said Tuesday.
  — Timothy Fanning, San Antonio Express-News, 5 Jan. 2022
• Walker and Colt lived in what now looks to us like a prehistoric ballistic world.
  — Phil Klay, The New Yorker, 11 June 2022
• In France, seeds don’t catch a ride on the fur of lions or between the toes of rhinos that once lived there, as shown in prehistoric cave paintings.
  — Alejandro Ordonez, The Conversation, 13 Jan. 2022
• While every dinosaur fan has their own favorite prehistoric creature, the plant-eating stegosaurs is an extra cute option for four-legged friends.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024