6 sentences with 'advent'
Example sentences and phrases with the word advent and other words derived from it.
• « Another change in military technology was the advent of cannons, which completely undermined the effectiveness of castles. »
• « In short, nobles often looked down on those who made their wealth not from land, but from factories. This attitude helped to hold back the advent of industrialism for decades. »
• « Historians have often observed that the 19th century technically ended in 1900, but in terms of its prevailing political, social and cultural patterns, it actually ended in 1914, with the advent of the horrific bloodshed and destruction of the First World War. »
• « Perhaps the iconic example of a change in purchasing and consumption patterns was the advent of the department store. »
• « Thanks to the advent of the Great Depression, more "ordinary Germans" than before were attracted to their message, but that message did not at the time seem very different from the messages of other right-wing parties. »
• « Accountants added up with pencil and paper, until the advent of adding machines, and then calculators and computers, revolutionised the process. »