Date in a sentence

“To James Mortimer, M.R.C.S., from his friends of the C.C.H.,” was engraved upon it, with the date “1884.”
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

There’s no doubt about the authenticity, for the name and the date, 1647, are on the back of the canvas.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

My previous letters and telegrams have kept you pretty well up to date as to all that has occurred in this most God-forsaken corner of the world.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Chandrapore was never large or beautiful, but two hundred years ago it lay on the road between Upper India, then imperial, and the sea, and the fine houses date from that period.
E. M. Forster, A Passage to India

And now, having brought you up to date in the escaped convict, the Stapletons, Dr. Mortimer, and Frankland, of Lafter Hall, let me end on that which is most important and tell you more about the Barrymores, and especially about the surprising development of last night.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

The exact date is 1742.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

And he left five years ago—the date is on the stick.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It would be a poor expert who could not give the date of a document within a decade or so.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

The address, “Sir Henry Baskerville, Northumberland Hotel,” was printed in rough characters; the post-mark “Charing Cross,” and the date of posting the preceding evening.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It is a short account of the facts elicited at the death of Sir Charles Baskerville which occurred a few days before that date.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

It is one of several indications which enabled me to fix the date.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

Neolithic man—no date.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

If your position is innocent, why did you in the first instance deny having written to Sir Charles upon that date?
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles

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Usage

1 use of ‘date’ in A Passage to India, by E. M. Forster
12 uses of ‘date’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle

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