6 sentences with 'preceded'
Example sentences and phrases with the word preceded and other words derived from it.
• « This was simply not the case: compared to the hundreds of thousands of years that preceded the discovery of agriculture, things moved "quickly", but from a modern perspective, things took a long time to change. »
• « In short, Augustus Caesar oversaw the consolidation of Roman power after the decades of civil war and strife that preceded his inauguration, and the vast majority of Romans and Roman subjects were content with the demise of the Republic because of the greater stability that Augustus' reign represented. »
• « Finally, Diocletian tried to reinstate religious orthodoxy. He believed that too many people had turned away from the worship of the Roman gods, which in turn had led to the long period of crisis that preceded his inauguration. »
• « Stalin dismissed intelligence reports of the massive military build-up that preceded the invasion, remaining convinced that, at the very least, Germany would not attack as long as Britain remained undefeated. »
• « The post-war era began in the shadow of war and the fascist nightmare that preceded it; the British writer George Orwell noted that "since about 1930, the world has given no cause for optimism. There is nothing in sight but a welter of lies, cruelty, hatred and ignorance". »
• « These findings now indicate that alloying with tin was preceded in the East by alloying with arsenic almost a millennium earlier. Something similar must have happened with other minerals that can be combined with copper. »