How to Use decade in a Sentence

decade

noun

• The bridge was built a decade ago.
• There have been a lot of changes during the past two decades.
• The war lasted nearly a decade.
• Many who grew up in the area weren’t told about the risks for decades.
  — Michael Phillis and Jim Salter, Chicago Tribune, 12 July 2023
• The 3-0 start in conference play is the school's first in a decade.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 5 Jan. 2024
• Details like that tend to get lost over the course of four decades.
  — Sean Burch, SPIN, 29 May 2023
• The first one in the Chicago area opened in Oak Lawn more than a decade ago.
  — Bob Bong, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
• Grab a pair of shoes that will last you the next three decades now for under $100.
  — Kelsey Glennon, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
• In the last decade, casinos have bet big on a new kind of clientele: the RV crowd.
  — Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
• No, the name wouldn’t be perfect for a couple more decades.
  — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
• For more than half a decade, Trump has been one of those two people.
  — The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2022
• The original came out in 1976, and was one of the most popular toys of the decade.
  — Samantha Lawyer, Woman's Day Magazine, 17 May 2023
• The band is fearless — that’s clear in the sonic zigzagging it’s done over the last two decades.
  — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 27 July 2023
• The seven years with the greatest melting of the ice sheets have occurred in the last decade.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 21 Apr. 2023
• The world’s largest miner is set to seal its biggest deal in more than a decade.
  — Rhiannon Hoyle, wsj.com, 22 Apr. 2023
• That kind of drought hasn’t happened at any point this decade, the Globe’s review found.
  — Matt Stout, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2023
• Brown said that’s at the key of what’s kept the center going for four decades and what has kept him there.
  — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• The twins from Bora were the first set of twins born in the reserve in decades, Samburu said.
  — Emma Ogao, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2023
• After nearly two decades on the trail of Robert Durst, the saga is receding in the rear view.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Aug. 2024
• Arrow was on target, and that's a very good thing for anyone who's watched the CW in the past decade or so.
  — Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 4 July 2024
• Gesaffelstein will play Ultra for the first time in a decade.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
• Also in the chat, Taylor opened up about the depth of their bond despite the decades between them.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
• The two began a decade-long affair and had two children.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2023
• The price jump is mainly thanks to a face-lift Burton gave the place during his decade-long stay.
  — Jack Flemmingstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2022
• And until the last decade or so, they were barely known outside Haiti.
  — Tony Sachs, Robb Report, 29 Mar. 2024
• As Rower has shown us over the past two decades, Calder is indeed the gift that keeps on giving.
  — Sarah Douglas, ARTnews.com, 4 July 2024
• This issue has been simmering at the F.D.A. for decades.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023
• Then, nearly a decade later, Miles stepped in, ably, to reboot him.
  — Avery Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2024
• After more than a decade working on submarines for the Navy, Nestler knows how to make do in tough situations.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
• Israel has for decades held some lower slopes of Mount Hermon, and even operates a ski resort there, but the peak remained in Syria proper.
  — Mick Krever, CNN, 14 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Jan 2025