How to Use the ancients in a Sentence
the ancients
plural noun-
There was nothing tame about the dog of the heavens as conceived by the ancients.
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Joe Rao,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Another notable thinker after the ancients who addressed this question was Hobbes.
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George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Laila Nakhla is arguably Egypt’s most revered contemporary jewelry designer, with more than four decades of expertise in fusing the aesthetics of the ancients with a modern twist.
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Mark Ellwood,
Robb Report,
17 Feb. 2026
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With a life that nearly bookended the 20th century, modern dance titan Martha Graham had one eye on the ancients and another on the contemporary moment.
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Laura Regensdorf,
Vogue,
31 Mar. 2026
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For every Pollak that offered a rejoinder to the fascist appropriation of Greece and Rome, there were apologists and collaborators who gladly excavated the ancients for the purposes of modern regimes.
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Literary Hub,
10 Feb. 2026
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Now, it is well understood that some scholars partial to the ancients will attempt to elevate the 1927 Yankees, led by the stoical Lou Gehrig and the epicurean Babe Ruth, as the finest of all teams to play in the city.
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David Remnick,
New Yorker,
30 May 2026
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