Sample Sentences foranachronism (editor-reviewed)
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In the age of smartphones and social media, receiving a handwritten letter in the mail felt like an anachronism.anachronism = something out of place for it's time
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The historical fiction novel featured a scene with knights using smartphones, a glaring anachronism that took many readers out of the story.anachronism = something out of place for it's time (in this case something belonging to the future)
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The presence of a horse-drawn carriage on the city streets, amidst modern cars and buses, was a charming anachronism.anachronism = something out of place for it's time
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The printed version is an expensive anachronism from an earlier time.
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The term Imperial is kept though it is now an anachronism. (source)
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My battery captain called me a Pachydermatous Anachronism the other day. (source)Anachronism = something out of place for its time
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And how did he handle the growing materialism in which so many people feel no need of faith and consider the church almost an anachronism? (source)anachronism = something that belongs in the past
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The anachronistic mix of historical elements in Three Body no longer surprised him.† (source)
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Our ancestors had no great tolerance for anachronisms. (source)anachronisms = things out of place for their time
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He stood there, beside the spice rack, a living anachronism. (source)anachronism = something out of place for its time
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The BankAmericard and Master Charge decals on it seemed jarringly anachronistic.† (source)
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These bodies hanging on the Wall are time travelers, anachronisms.† (source)
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This giant anachronism of a room reminded her of the Sisters' Hall at her Bene Gesserit school.† (source)
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In an age of computer-enhanced imagery it struck Ryan as charmingly anachronistic.† (source)
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It is time I brought my will up to date; it is full of anomalies and anachronisms....I have rather a fancy for the idea of installing Julia here; so beautiful this evening, my dear; so beautiful always; much, much more suitable.† (source)
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We scoured the diary, an elaborate anachronism hunt.† (source)
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