How to Use generation in a Sentence

generation

noun

• He was a hero to generations of students.
• That family has lived in the same house for four generations.
• The house has been passed down in the family from generation to generation.
• No one dreamed that such things would be possible a generation ago.
• His books are popular among members of the younger generation.
• He has held that position for a generation.
• She was worshipped by a generation of moviegoers.
• We need to preserve these resources for future generations.
• The company claims to be developing the next generation of portable computers.
• Abatti is a third-generation farmer who works with his father, mother and brother.
  — Ian Jamesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
• The third-generation stainless steel version was one of the favorites from our tests due to its capability to learn your habits over time.
  — Rachel Rothman and Dan Diclerico, Good Housekeeping, 27 Jan. 2023
• As fourth-generation farmers, the Cody’s saved their farm when integrating malting as part of their business.
  — Danielle Bernabe, Robb Report, 27 Jan. 2023
• Pretty much all the key stats and all the next-generation analytics say that the Big 12 is the top conference in men’s basketball.
  — Dallas News, 26 Jan. 2023
• Ariana Grande consciously changed how pop music is perceived and enjoyed by the masses, in a way a new generation of fans and artists will forever be so f–king grateful for.
  — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 17 Oct. 2024
• The final day of trading in February natural-gas futures was another wild ride in the market for the heating and power-generation fuel.
  — Ryan Dezember, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023
• One generation plants the tree, the next enjoys the shade.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 13 Dec. 2019
• When mature, the fruit will hold the seeds of the next generation.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• The spoils of hard-fought battles in one generation are not promised for the next.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2022
• Their next generation, the New Glenn, would be able to fly over the stack of money.
  — Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2022
• And there’s just a slight bump in price for this generation.
  — Andrew Williams, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• But this might just be about to change with the rise of a new generation of the internet — Web3.
  — Tamara Yannay, Rolling Stone, 14 Feb. 2023
• And the younger generation, kind of, is yearning for that.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Country Living, 3 May 2019
• Taken the gospel of the pass rush and continues to preach it to a new generation.
  — Joel A. Erickson, Indianapolis Star, 11 May 2020
• Younger generations leave with a sense of awe as new Elvis fans.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
• McCabe was a generation younger than Mueller and still in awe of him.
  — Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker, 29 June 2020
• Drain Gang have emerged as one of those rare acts that exist both in and for a generation.
  — Keegan Brady, Rolling Stone, 19 Apr. 2022
• And the fourth generation will be ready to take the helm of educating the world about the Holocaust.
  — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 26 July 2024
• Hughes hopes the next generation will take the hip-hop baton and run with it.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
• Meta isn’t the first company to put its AI video generation tools in front of Hollywood.
  — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Oct. 2024
• Artists of the latter generation talk to their predecessors.
  — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 5 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 1 Nov 2024