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'generation' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'generation' with 19 example sentences.


generation noun

: all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age

: group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent

: the normal time between successive generations

: a stage of technological development or innovation

: a coming into being

: the production of heat or electricity

: the act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production


  • Our family has lived here for generations.
  • This tradition has been passed down from generation to generation.
  • The first generation of robots appeared in 1962.
  • The younger generation looks at things differently.
  • The mother and daughter represented two generations.
  • My faith in the next generation is increasing.
  • One generation builds the street that the next will travel on.
  • They have nothing in common with the older generation.
  • Future generations will admire your statue.
  • She wants a fourth generation iPad.
  • He is the person to lead the next generation.
  • There is a generation gap between them.
  • There's been a lawyer in the family for generations.
  • It is worth fighting for future generations.
  • She belongs to the new generation of rock.
  • A man may be wrong; so may a generation.
  • It seems the task will not be accomplished in our generation.
  • My parents' generation went through the war.
  • Wisdom is a treasure for tens of generations.
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