How to Use history in a Sentence

history

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  • 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
  • The next step is making it a weekend that will live in the history books.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 29 July 2021
  • The rest is history and is constructed well in the book.
    — Thomas Gase, The Mercury News, 21 June 2019
  • Many of us who have this kind of history want to help others.
    — Pauline Campos, Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2017
  • It's steeped in history and the legacies that these guys have.
    — Doug Ferguson, orlandosentinel.com, 6 May 2021
  • Lou will be talking about the history of the local area and the distillery.
    — Hartford Courant, 19 May 2022
  • If history is any guide, then at least one of them will.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 23 Jan. 2019
  • One of the greatest musicians in the history of mankind.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2020
  • 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
  • Now comes the sixth trip to the Final Four in school history.
    — Joseph Duarte, San Antonio Express-News, 29 Mar. 2021
  • Not all the history in this case is of medieval vintage.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • And what struck me was the history that occurred within those walls.
    — Alexis Jones, Health.com, 13 May 2021
  • Conroy's firing would have been the first forced ouster in the history of the House.
    — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
  • But the fashion house also has a long-history with the circus.
    — Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Jan. 2019
  • Four home runs in nine games is the most by a Reds player in team history.
    — John Fay, Cincinnati.com, 10 Aug. 2019
  • But now, a new book is exhuming them from the trash heap of history.
    — Megan C. Hills, CNN, 10 June 2022
  • And to have faith in that involves ignoring a great deal of history.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021
  • America has a history of catching up and then taking the lead in the space race.
    — Jack H. Burke, National Review, 13 June 2019
  • Details of the history can be found online at smithsonianmag.com.
    — Wesley E. Wright, Houston Chronicle, 18 May 2018
  • Market Street has risen and fallen with the tides of history.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 July 2021
  • The idea is that the cracks of something are part of its history and should be kept visible, even shiny!
    — CBS News, 31 Dec. 2017
  • That is the second longest streak in boys' state history.
    — Star Tribune, 27 Jan. 2021

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