Example Sentences

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When the time finally came, they devised a brightly coloured world filled with seventies stylings.

From Barron's • Apr. 12, 2026

Sure, but consider why today isn’t like the seventies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Yoko: “I think it’ll be a quiet, peaceful seventies, hopefully, you know.”

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025

Conditions were perfect — blue skies, temperatures approaching the seventies, the brown grass under our feet feeling firm and fast.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025

At that time, lawn bowls was seen as a sport for older people, and all the volunteers that day were in their sixties and seventies.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge