How to Use space-age in a Sentence

space-age

adjective
  • Even the probe’s name evokes the Soviet Union’s space-age heyday.
    Kenneth Chang and Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • There’s that space-age look (thanks to the Darth Vader hardtop) combined with Euro styling.
    Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Renaissance was dance- and house-influenced, and the cover depicted the singer atop a space-age horse.
    Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The other is that 7-foot-4 guys, even ones with space-age skill sets, aren’t exactly known for their on-court durability.
    Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 22 June 2023
  • The Williams campus is a humdrum brick pile that could be mistaken for an office park — a far cry from McLaren’s space-age complex an hour’s drive away.
    Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times, 13 May 2023
  • The pop star arrived at the event in a sunny yellow space-age look pulled together by her longtime stylist, Mimi Cuttrell.
    Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Don't worry; these aren't robotic-feeling, space-age textiles.
    Hilary Tetenbaum, Journal Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The America’s Cup competitors race $10 million space-age hydrofoils that are so fast their crews are required to wear helmets.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • On Thursday, the new mom, 34, wore giant, space-age sunglasses and a pink striped athletic jacket in a photo posted to her Instagram.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Though Capps' signature Willy Wonka-esque space-age sunglasses were a funny fit for a very dark club, his funky, synthesized brand of country received a warm welcome.
    Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Not only did the paper reflect the couple’s mutual interest, but its space-age vibe also neatly fit in with some of the mid-century furnishings on that level.
    Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 10 May 2023
  • On the space-age set envisioned by his mother and sister, Torres sits behind a conveyor belt that brings him little knickknacks, including a quartz crystal, a plastic swan and a pearl that begins to roll away.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • But as the United States seeks efficient alternatives to burning fossil fuels for electricity, these proposals for space-age plants that can be small enough to fit in a large backyard feature prominently.
    Evan Halper, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2023
  • The material is new and space-age — developed by the US National Labs by the nuclear industry — but it’s widely used in applications as diverse as bridge repair and inside the human body for bone strengthening.
    John Koetsier, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • In addition, Thomas said a ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opening the new, space-age building that will serve as Flexjet headquarters could come in September.
    cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Clunky, analog-age devices perform space-age miracles (a paper boy delivers papers through a pneumatic tube, a typewriter transcribes spoken sales pitches).
    Lorraine Alitelevision Critic, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023

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