YEARS in a Sentence
Learn YEARS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
420 example sentences for YEARS, such as:
1. I arrived here two years ago.
2. Her grandfather died ten years ago.
3. The children average seven years of age.
4. She managed a clothes shop two years ago.
5. His advancement to major came two years ago.
2. Her grandfather died ten years ago.
3. The children average seven years of age.
4. She managed a clothes shop two years ago.
5. His advancement to major came two years ago.
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Meanings and Examples of YEARS
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years
n. a prolonged period of time
n. the time during which someone's life continues
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 It appeared to be a handsome young man, about five and twenty years of age.
2 Two years after this event Caroline became his wife.
3 Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking.
4 I remained for several years their only child.
5 In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since.
6 Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old.
7 "Several years," he answered in a gratified way.
8 She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
9 "We haven't met for many years," said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be.
10 The arrangement lasted five years during which the boat went three times around the continent.
11 After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
12 He come out to see me two years ago and bought me the house I live in now.
13 I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
14 In all the seven bygone years, Hester Prynne had never before been false to the symbol on her bosom.
15 It seemed not yesterday, not one, not two, but many days, or even years ago, since he had quitted them.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as adult.
2 The two West African states had broken off relations two years ago.
3 The South African years were his most creative period.
4 His resignation after thirteen years is a political bombshell.
5 The children average seven years of age.
6 For several years she operated a dating agency from her basement flat.
7 The business was acquired from Orion four years ago.
8 Her grandfather died ten years ago.
9 The country gained its independence ten years ago.
10 His advancement to major came two years ago.
11 Since his last book five years ago, he seems to have sunk without trace.
12 I arrived here two years ago.
13 Their marriage ended eight years ago in an acrimonious divorce.
14 Thousands of years ago the surface was barren desert.
15 She managed a clothes shop two years ago.