How to Use time immemorial in a Sentence

time immemorial

noun
  • Fire has been a part of the land since time immemorial.
    W. Kamau Bell, CNN, 28 July 2022
  • Bad calls have been part of the game since time immemorial.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Since time immemorial, farmlands have been as alive with bird songs as the sound of the wind.
    Tim Graham, National Geographic, 1 June 2018
  • One of the ones since time immemorial who have to answer the sacred call.
    Lonnae O’Neal, National Geographic, 30 May 2020
  • Since time immemorial, such men had spoken for God and for the state.
    Eric Metaxas, Time, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Since time immemorial, people around the world have been beguiled by the wonders of the night sky.
    Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2020
  • From time immemorial, people gazing up at the night sky have dreamed of reaching out to touch the stars.
    Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 May 2018
  • Art, music and play have been a part of the story of humankind from time immemorial.
    Nabyl Charania, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • This is the old trick of demagogues and liars from time immemorial.
    Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Words cannot express the depths of vice and degradation to which they have been sunk from time immemorial.
    Doug Herman, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Mar. 2020
  • This has been part of our world, women’s world, since time immemorial.
    Julie Ma, The Cut, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Since time immemorial, humans have looked to the heavens above to make sense of life below, right here on Earth.
    Camilo Garzón, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2022
  • This has bene part of our world, women’s world, since time immemorial.
    Yohana Desta, vanityfair.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Since time immemorial, guys have been trying to figure out what to do about hair loss.
    Nate Erickson, Esquire, 16 Jan. 2018
  • Each tribe has ancestral ties to Bears Ears that date back to time immemorial.
    Nicole Chavez, CNN, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Chefs have been figuring out smarter ways to do more with less for time immemorial.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 6 Dec. 2022
  • And it has been abused in casual speech, from time immemorial.
    Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • That we are condemned to repeat the same patterns for time immemorial.
    Sian Bradley, refinery29.com, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Those who know the Canadian Arctic best are the Inuit, who have survived and thrived in this ice-laden place from time immemorial.
    Debbie Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2022
  • The story of the South Wind and the Dandelion has been told by Indigenous people since time immemorial.
    oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
  • The Good News: God has answered the petitions of the faithful from time immemorial, ever since his covenant with the people of Israel.
    Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 2 Aug. 2022
  • Listen to the Yup'ik, Denai'na and Alutiiq people who have thrived on this land since time immemorial.
    Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Back in India, the monsoon was in full swing, once again, as from time immemorial — a poignant concept for someone with a brain tumor.
    New York Times, 31 Aug. 2019
  • The Iñupiat have welcomed back the siqiñiq with a sayuun since time immemorial.
    Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Jan. 2023
  • From time immemorial, mankind has been in search of happiness.
    Jimmy Jain, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2021
  • And yet Ivana really nails the better-than-thou ethos employed by exes the world over since time immemorial.
    Kenzie Bryant, vanityfair.com, 11 Oct. 2017
  • Native people have made their way on this land since time immemorial.
    Alannah Hurley, Alaska Dispatch News, 22 June 2017
  • That, in fact, has been many a traveling preacher’s grift from time immemorial.
    Elizabeth Spiers, The New York Review of Books, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Hosting an over-the-top party is an art the one percent has been perfecting since time immemorial.
    Marshall Heyman, Town & Country, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Joining the military as a young person has been a rite of passage since time immemorial.
    Matt Gallagher, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2018

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