Roaring Twenties
Example Sentences
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He made a fortune speculating in stocks in the Roaring Twenties and then enlarged it during the Depression.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
British music star FKA twigs is to play Josephine Baker in a new biopic of the Roaring Twenties icon who became a hero of the French Resistance and the American civil rights movement.
From Barron's • May 12, 2026
“The glamour of the Roaring Twenties is something I really want to capture,” Gareth Banner, Ned’s managing director, said in a Washington Post feature on the DC property.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2025
"The Roaring Twenties saw major advances in science and technology. But the decade also brought the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression."
From BBC • Dec. 15, 2023
While the German economy was in a tailspin toward disaster, the Roaring Twenties were in full swing in America.
From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple
