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.
• That is what gets passed down to the next generation.
  — Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• This could be the team’s and fans’ once-in-a-generation chance to end that wait.
  — Beren Cross, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• Younger generations leave with a sense of awe as new Elvis fans.
  — Melanie Feuk, Houston Chronicle, 3 July 2018
• Surfing them has proven too tough for too many of this generation and the last.
  — James Horncastle, New York Times, 20 June 2026
• Would the same be true of the fourth generation born and raised on Mars?
  — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
• The halftime show is one of its few tools left to reach the next generation.
  — Jesus Mesa, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
• The video generation wars have been heating up over the last year.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 7 June 2025
• The new generation can’t afford to stay in the game, which is scary.
  — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
• And that gap is where a generation of workers now sits.
  — Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• When mature, the fruit will hold the seeds of the next generation.
  — Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• One thing that isn’t clear from these plans is which generation the chargers will be.
  — Collin Woodard / Jalopnik, Quartz, 8 Apr. 2024
• As the generation of kids who grew up in the church got older, more and more slipped away.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
• My dad’s sort of speed, sort of skipped a generation, skipped me and Eli.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
• The move is a push to attract a younger generation.
  — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
• This generation could be worse off.
  — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
• One of the best pure hitters of his generation.
  — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 May 2026
• Jones is in the third generation of her family that is not able to read.
  — Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 12 Sep. 2022
• Prayers and calls to action for the next generation.
  — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 23 May 2026
• Its secrets have been passed down through four generations.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
• Hughes hopes the next generation will take the hip-hop baton and run with it.
  — Mesfin Fekadu, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Sep. 2023
• The road to the D Line took many twists and turns for generations.
  — City News Service, Daily News, 8 May 2026