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.
• These will replace the six cascades of first-generation machines currently installed.
  — Laurence Norman, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• Lally, then in his 30s, was grateful that Tetrick, who belonged to his own generation, took him under his wing.
  — cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• Going back a generation, Google has also added speaker labels to the Recorder app on Pixel 6 and newer.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 5 Dec. 2022
• In the past, the LS has worn a conservative, businesslike set of clothes but this latest generation has gone with a more expressive and aggressive style.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
• 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
• The past very much informs the present, with a new generation of artists emerging in thrilling ways.
  — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
• But there doesn’t seem to be enough mentors going around for the generation who needs them the most.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• Linkin Park had entered rarefied air, the type of rock stratosphere that’s reserved for only a few bands per generation.
  — Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
• He’s obviously proven to be one of the greatest musicians in our generation.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024