How to Use years young in a Sentence

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• The future of the world wide web, which is now 34 years young, is likely split in two.
  — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Heck, Mark Carrier surely can still run quick slants at 59 years young.
  — Brad Evans, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• Actor and comedic icon Dick Van Dyke is 100 years young today.
  — CBS News, 13 Dec. 2025
• Louis Matthew Lubick, who turned 88 years young in March, is still a fixer at heart.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 25 Oct. 2025
• Because the Festival, despite its flash, is 82 years young and local, too.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Next Thursday, Larry Merchant, my dear friend and one of my newspaper heroes, turns 95 years young.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
• At 59 years young, this is her first-ever starring role in a television series as a woman starting over a little later in life after her husband of over 30 years leaves her for another woman.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
• Escobar proves a playful but eventually wiser-than-his-years young hero, while Sánchez’s internally pointed take on a taciturn woman is an often-silent marvel of performance.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
• Mary Beth Doss, 100 years young and a former WAVE in WWII serving as a hospital nurse, sang a strong and clear a cappella performance of the national anthem.
  — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026