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ancient - use in sentences
Preposition: of
- day: Quære how the name ancient of days is used to distinguish the father from the son?
- days.: Cartomancy goes back to the ancient of days. The High Priestess was long associated with the Egyptian goddess, Isis.
Converse of object
- approach: You remember he approached the Ancient of Days and was led into his presence.
Modifies a noun
- woodland: Ours is the only county to reach double figures in terms of the percentage of land covered by ancient woodland, with 10.4 % .
- monument: The National Assembly receives advice on matters related to ancient monuments from the Ancient Monuments Board for Wales.
- Egyptian: Ask the children where they think Ancient Egyptians would have lived?
- civilization: The British Museum was above all a repository of materials from ancient civilisations.
- tradition: Feng shui is an honorable calling with an ancient tradition.
- civilization: Many religions appeared with the development of ancient civilizations in the region.
Modifying Another Word
- very: History The worship of Shiva is very ancient in India.
- rather: States, or rather ancient empires, were generally based on land tax and the exercise of military power.
- especially: Maintenance of buildings, especially ancient buildings, never ends.
- probably: In fact, there may be more to it than that, and the probably ancient dedication of the church is well-founded.
- only: What is to be respected about faith based on no evidence, but only ancient books and the word of control freaks?
- also: Helpers wanted; also ancient utensils or anything else which could give an insight into the towns ' past.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Inside are elaborate model train sets - some seem more ancient than the engines on display outside.
- explore: Day 1: your first day is free to explore ancient Volterra.
- look: The old shape Range Rover 4x4 now looks ancient.
- bring: Also brilliantly done was how the author vividly brought ancient Rome, and especially ancient Roman politics, to life.
- connect: Seven bridges, including the famous Chain and Elisabeth Bridges, connect ancient Buda on the right bank with Pest on the left.
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