Hundred Days

noun

, (usually used with a plural verb)

1. the period from March 20 to June 28, 1815, between the arrival of Napoleon in Paris, after his escape from Elba, and his abdication after the battle of Waterloo.
2. a special session of Congress from March 9, 1933 to June 16, 1933, called by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in which important social legislation was enacted.

hundred days

plural noun

1. French history the period between Napoleon Bonaparte's arrival in Paris from Elba on March 20, 1815, and his abdication on June 29, 1815

Example Sentences

Obama would then give Congress an ultimatum: Act by a certain date, perhaps a hundred days into the new Congress, or he will.

From The Daily Beast

One hundred days before the election seems appropriate time limit for a campaign.

From The Daily Beast

The original "hundred days" ended with Waterloo—so it's a low bar to do better than that.

From The Daily Beast

In his first hundred days, President Obama has done a great deal to restore public optimism and confidence at home.

From The Daily Beast

One hundred days later, Sharon was declared permanently incapacitated, and Olmert got the big seat.

From The Daily Beast

After his conduct during the Hundred Days he could expect no mercy from the returned Bourbons, and was glad to escape abroad.

From Project Gutenberg

And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.

From Project Gutenberg

After we've worked our hundred days to get a hundred dollars each, we will work a few days more to get a hundred dollars for you.

From Project Gutenberg

Follow with papers on the Roman games; at the dedication of the Coliseum these lasted a hundred days.

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Then, almost as by magic, the scene shifted and stern resolve took the place of the hysteria of the Hundred Days since Sumter.

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