Nineteenth in example sentence

In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, many Muslim thinkers – most famously Jamal al-Din al-Afghani – believed that embracing many of the ideals developed in the West during the Enlightenment was the only way to promote progress.

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This was discovered by Francis Galton in the nineteenth century.

Although he’s best known for his short horror stories, Poe was actually one of the most versatile and experimental writers of the nineteenth century.

Written in the early nineteenth century, Austen's novels decode the sheltered lives of the upper classes in rural England.

However, even as released on DVD, the film is still one of the better depictions of bushranger life in nineteenth century Australia.

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