Examples of using "столетия" in a sentence and their english translations:
for nearly a century,
The construction straddled two centuries.
centuries ago its energy will run out
He died a few days before his hundredth birthday.
The Etruscan language and culture disappeared rapidly during the 1st century B.C.
An ancient bronze mirror studded with glass beads was discovered in the tomb looted by the robbers centuries ago.
- He died within a few days of his hundredth birthday.
- He died a few days before his hundredth birthday.
If Scotland eventually recovers its stolen independence after over three centuries, I'll get myself dead drunk.
Mass immigration enabled the United States to make use of their enormous resources and smash the industrial monopoly of European countries at the end of the nineteenth century.
And I know you didn't do this just to win an election. And I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century.