How to Use Gen X in a Sentence

Gen X

noun

• The new wave of Gen X beauty is for the it-girls, thanks to a fresh crop of launches.
  — Dahvi Shira, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
• Beyond mortgages, Gen X is spending the most on their cars.
  — Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
• The use was higher among Gen Z and millennials compared to Gen X and boomers.
  — Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2025
• This was also true for about 64% of Baby Boomers and Gen X employees.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Oct. 2023
• There’s simply nothing better than a young ‘90s star, now an adult, paying homage to the roles that give us Gen X parents all the feels.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 17 Oct. 2023
• When Gen X reached this same milestone, their average age was 32.
  — Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2023
• And, about one in three Gen Z parents view reading as a subject to learn compared to one in five Gen X parents.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 14 May 2025
• The Gen X career crisis is having a moment — a viral one.
  — Catherine Baab, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2025
• The musical that most speaks to millennials, or Gen X, is Rent, right?
  — Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
• According to Hubspot, 29% of Gen X and 16% of Boomers shop through social media.
  — Pavel Stepanov, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• But for millennials, Gen X, and boomers, fears of a recession ranked high.
  — Rocio Fabbro, Quartz, 12 June 2024
• Uranus in Virgo and Libra allowed Gen X to understand that there is no ideal way to be.
  — Lisa Stardust, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
• Gill said that Gen X being at the peak of their careers leads to higher purchasing power, and can buy homes and other things.
  — Teddy Grant, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2023
• Meanwhile, Gen X and baby boomers are more likely to stick with gift cards and physical store shopping.
  — Amanda Castro, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
• In comparison, the percentages were 7% for Gen X and 4.8% for baby boomers.
  — Bruce Gil, Quartz, 6 Feb. 2024
• That’s one of the timeliest things about Always Been — the sense of Gen X angst in these songs, especially middle-aged loneliness.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 6 Apr. 2025
• There was the cosmic fear of being past his prime, plus visible Gen X cringe over that prime being a beer commercial.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2023
• This comedy/comic-book spoof salutes the real superheroes of the world: The women of Gen X who are doing it all, despite the men who stand in their way.
  — Matthew J. Palm, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 May 2025
• Oscar is a cherry on the banana split of Downey’s storied career − an extra bit of gravy on the Gen X icon’s loaded mashed potatoes.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024
• That 9 percentage point gap is more than double the gap for Millennials and Gen X when asked that same question.
  — Josie Cox, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
• Rizz is just one of many new slang words that Generation Alpha kids use—making this Gen X mom feel very uncool.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
• By comparison, only 17% of Gen X and 8% of baby boomer respondents are willing to do the same.
  — Miranda Jeyaretnam, The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
• Opposition is much higher among Gen X, with 56% against.
  — Farnoush Amiri, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2021
• But did its wink-wink marketing to Gen X actually work?
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• That's in line with data that shows 17 different types of cancer are rising for Gen X and millennials.
  — Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2024
• Millennials and Gen X round out the top four, with about 50 percent and 30 percent sales growth, respectively.
  — NBC News, 14 July 2021
• Ryder’s iconic character Lydia Deetz — who defined quirky-goth Gen X cool with her jagged bangs and black humor — is now a mother with a job.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
• Of course, these figures make sense since millennials and boomers are the largest generations, whereas Gen X and Gen Z are much smaller.
  — Hillary Hoffower, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
• The Gen X cohort likely benefited from the city's growth in the '80s and '90s, as companies like Bank of America were creating jobs here.
  — Alexandria Sands, Axios, 20 Sep. 2024
• The Gen X beauty consumer is a powerful one in terms of spending power, though it has historically been underserved by the category.
  — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 22 May 2025