Sentences with ancestor
an·ces·tor
A a - ...our daily lives, so different from those of our ancestors.
- The direct ancestor of the modern cat was the Kaffir cat of ancient Egypt. [+ of]
- Latin is the ancestor of Italian and French.
- The museum included an exhibit showing ancestors of the modern computer.
- The ancestor of the modern camera
- The balloon is an ancestor of the modern dirigible.
- Her ancestors were great sea captains.
- My ancestors came to America during the 1800s.
- A philosophical ancestor.
- Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
- About 4 million years ago, the human ancestor Australopithecus stood, when fully grown, at 120-130 centimetres.
- Pick an ancestor, perhaps one with a few blanks on the chart.
- This fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
- The Magpies are unbeaten and enjoying their best run since 1994, although few would have thought the class of 2011 would come close to emulating their ancestors.