6 sentences with “invent”

Likewise, the Greeks did not invent "civilisation" per se; they inherited things like agriculture and writing from their neighbours.

The 1860s were the birth of the beach party, which the Bon Marché department store helped invent by selling a whole range of party items.

The point, however, is not to underline the falsity of the folk movement or of invented traditions, but to consider why people were so determined to discover (and, if necessary, invent) them.

Around 1965, adolescents began to invent the world anew, or to buy the world sold to them by the big clothing, entertainment or soft drink companies. A phenomenon of transnationalisation and globalisation took place which has made it possible to speak of a global adolescent.

It was not until 1752 that the American statesman, scientist and writer Benjamin Franklin, who was to invent the lightning rod some time later, demonstrated that it was an electrical discharge; for this he devised his celebrated experiment of flying a kite in the midst of an electrical storm.

For example, despite Voltaire's personal disdain for Christian (especially Catholic) institutions, he noted that "if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him", because without a religious structure to underpin their morality, the ignorant masses would descend into violence and barbarism.