PREHISTORIC in a Sentence

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10 example sentences for PREHISTORIC, such as:

1. My mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes.
2. He has a collection of prehistoric insects preserved in amber.
3. The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times.
4. The old lady, the indigenous, the prehistoric, was being wheeled away by a footman.
5. We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet.

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 Meanings and Examples of PREHISTORIC
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
prehistoric
 a.  describing the period before there were written records; ancient
 a.  no longer fashionable
Classic Sentence:
1  The old lady, the indigenous, the prehistoric, was being wheeled away by a footman.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
2  She turned the pages looking at pictures--mammoths, mastodons, prehistoric birds.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
3  He has been excavating a barrow at Long Down and has got a prehistoric skull which fills him with great joy.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 8. First Report of Dr. Watson
4  They were the only signs of human life which I could see, save only those prehistoric huts which lay thickly upon the slopes of the hills.
The Hound of the Baskervilles By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. Extract from the Diary of Dr. Watson
5  Once more it was pouring and my irregular lawn, well-shaved by Gatsby's gardener, abounded in small muddy swamps and prehistoric marshes.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
6  We were wanderers on a prehistoric earth, on an earth that wore the aspect of an unknown planet.
Heart of Darkness By Joseph Conrad
Context  Highlight   In II
Example Sentence:
1  He has a collection of prehistoric insects preserved in amber.
2  The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times.
3  Most people associate troglodytes with prehistoric times, but troglodyte communities still exist in Tunisia and China.
4  My mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes.