early English

Example Sentences

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A spit of land with only 150 residents and cut off twice daily by the sea, it is considered the cradle of early English Christianity.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

And while Oglethorpe’s efforts to prohibit slavery in Georgia ultimately failed, Thurmond argues he left a lasting — and largely uncredited — legacy by influencing early English abolitionists.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2024

Bishops have had seats in the chamber for centuries, dating to their status as landowners in the early English Parliament.

From New York Times • May 11, 2023

Verne’s editor, Pierre-Jules Hetzel, however, regularly toned down elements he deemed disturbing to comfortable bourgeois families, and early English translations subsequently further sanitized the texts.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2021

It would have been, I believe, considered sacrilegious for any of my early English teachers to mention that a Shakespeare, a Shelley, or a Keats even considered accepting money for the words.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers