Centuries

As the centuries went by and England became more crowded, the people found their food supply a great problem.

The town lay buried for centuries.

Even three centuries ago, most Western Europeans still used their fingers.

Not only has eating with your fingers continued throughout the centuries, but some scholars believe that it may become popular again.

His works will endure for centuries.

He had heard stories about an ancient god who had left his land centuries before by ship.

Prophets have been forecasting the end of the world for centuries.

It drew strength from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on doors of perfect strangers, and from the millions of Americans who volunteered and organized and proved that more than two centuries later a government of the people, by the people, and for the people has not perished from the Earth.

The relationship between Islam and the West includes centuries of co-existence and cooperation, but also conflict and religious wars.

As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam. It was Islam – at places like Al-Azhar University – that carried the light of learning through so many centuries, paving the way for Europe's Renaissance and Enlightenment.