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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of YEARS
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.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
2  Two years after this event Caroline became his wife.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
3  Six years have passed since I resolved on my present undertaking.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
4  I remained for several years their only child.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
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.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
6  Her family is one aunt about a thousand years old.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
7  "Several years," he answered in a gratified way.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
8  She was just eighteen, two years older than me, and by far the most popular of all the young girls in Louisville.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 4
9  "We haven't met for many years," said Daisy, her voice as matter-of-fact as it could ever be.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  The arrangement lasted five years during which the boat went three times around the continent.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
11  After she had obliterated three years with that sentence they could decide upon the more practical measures to be taken.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  He come out to see me two years ago and bought me the house I live in now.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 9
13  I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
14  In all the seven bygone years, Hester Prynne had never before been false to the symbol on her bosom.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
15  It seemed not yesterday, not one, not two, but many days, or even years ago, since he had quitted them.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
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.