7 sentences with 'previously'
Example sentences and phrases with the word previously and other words derived from it.
• « Christianity demonstrated remarkable power to convert even peoples who had previously proved militarily stronger than Christian opponents, from the Germanic invaders who had dismantled the western empire to the Slavic peoples who fought Byzantium to a stalemate. »
• « As the Vikings settled in the lands they had previously invaded and powerful states emerged in Scandinavia itself, the Vikings ceased to be invaders and came to resemble other medieval Europeans. »
• « Europe had previously enjoyed brief periods of relative stability, culminating around 800 CE during Charlemagne's rise to power. »
• « Galileo's first major publication, The Starry Messenger in 1610, demonstrated conclusively that the heavens were full of previously unknown objects (e.g., the moons of Jupiter) and that the planets and moons appeared to be "imperfect" in the same way as the Earth. »
• « Organ transplants became a reality in the 1950s. In this way, life itself could be extended in previously unimaginable ways. »
• « A glimmer of hope emerged when, surprisingly, German public opinion was transformed and reacted as Scud missiles began to fall on Tel Aviv and Haifa. Hundreds of thousands of Germans who had previously demonstrated in the streets against the Persian Gulf War, suddenly voiced their support for the righteousness of the Allied cause. But will this change of heart lead to a reform of Germany's foreign trade practices? Only time will tell. »