Years in a sentence (esp. good sentence like quote, proverb...)

Similar words: year after year, year, yearn, yearning, yearling, yearbook, next year, hearse. Meaning: [jɪr /jɪə ,jɜː]

n. 1. a late time of life 2. a prolonged period of time 3. the time during which someone's life continues.

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61. The judge sentenced him to five years in prison.

62. He is eighteen years of age.

63. They warred against the opposing army 8 years.

64. He has served his master for many years.

65. He has been kicking about Europe for years.

66. I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.

67. The Romans invaded Britain 2000 years ago.

68. In recent years there have been many changes.

69. He returned after 40 years of exile.

70. The deer population has increased substantially in recent years.

71. I've worked here for nearly two years.

72. I've been in partnership with her for five years.

73. The family lived in misery for several years.

74. After many years[sentencedict.com], his scientific work emerged from obscurity.

75. Americans redecorate their houses and offices every few years.

76. Dream three years, three years of pain.

76. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.

77. Nurses have several years of training.

78. She has been a widow for ten years.

79. War started again after eight years of peace.

80. She had spent 29 years as a nurse.

81. This house was built seventy years ago.

82. My tastes have changed enormously over the years.

83. He could trace his ancestors back seven hundred years.

84. My college years seemed to rush past.

85. He's had possession of the house for 10 years.

86. An American President's term of office is four years.

87. They lived in Holland for ten years.

88. He is my elder by five years.

89. The normal repayment period is five years.

90. In two years, he clocked up over 100 victories.

61. He still yearned after her, even after all these years.

62. I was sent to boarding school, where I spent six years of unremitting misery.

63. This was the fourth mass killing in Australia in four years.

64. He was convicted of corruption, and will be disqualified from office for seven years.

65. Queen Victoria mourned Prince Albert/Prince Albert's death for 40 years.

66. She's suffered a good deal of misfortune over the years.

67. She has fought a one-woman campaign for ten years about the lack of childcare provision in the town.

68. She's been trying to pass her driving test for six years and she's finally succeeded.

69. The government has agreed to lift the embargo imposed ten years ago.

70. It took him ten years to work up to the position of general manager.

71. After they got married, they had many years of happiness.

72. Their costly and futile attempt to subjugate the Afghans lasted just 10 years.

73. It can take many years to recover from the death of a loved one.

74. It took Vikram Seth three years to write his 1,349-page novel 'A Suitable Boy'.

75. Surgical training takes at least nine years, or 11 in the case of obstetrics.

76. It was proposed that the president be elected for a period of two years.

76. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.

77. We found out he'd been stealing from us for years.

78. I was a virgin until I was thirty years old.

79. Desperate for money, she called her sister, whom she hadn't spoken to in 20 years.

80. It's amazing how much computers have come down in price over the past few years.

81. He remembered our names from ten years ago—isn't that just amazing?

82. They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.

83. When the town was recaptured, we found soldiers who had been captives for several years.

84. I do have a vague memory of meeting her many years ago.

85. Mr Black has been a client of this firm for many years.

86. It often takes five or six years of hard work to compile a good dictionary.

87. For years the directors have been fattening on the efforts of the workers.

88. We've had the same TV for over ten years and it's just given up the ghost.

89. Treat your keyboard with care and it should last for years.

90. You're 25 years old, and you still haven't cut the apron strings .

More similar words: year after year, year, yearn, yearning, yearling, yearbook, next year, hearse, hearsay, yesteryear, in tears, fiscal year, rehearse, rehearsal, crocodile tears, yeah, yeast, harsh, sparse, hoarse, coarse, arsenal, varsity, hoarsely, Warsaw pact, catharsis, scholarship, solar system, parsimonious, ear.