How to Use year in a Sentence

year

noun
  • The work should be done by the end of the year.
  • I haven't seen her in a year.
  • That team hasn't won in years.
  • We see them once or twice a year.
  • It feels like we've been standing in line for a year.
  • He quit smoking six years ago.
  • She renews her lease every year.
  • It's been years since I've been on an airplane.
  • She was born in the year 1967.
  • The job pays $45,000 a year.
  • And, since the nets work for just over two years, 1.3 lives are saved.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The model's two-year-old son, Sylvester, could be heard in the background of the memo.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Then, about a year later, the bear had grown to 400 pounds and still had the collar on it.
    Greg Wehner, Fox News, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Berry and the singer-songwriter have been dating for three years.
    Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • If convicted of all the charges against him, he could be sentenced to more than 100 years in prison.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 30 Oct. 2023
  • That led the agency to begin rewriting its rules last year.
    James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Now in its third year, the 2023 Griffin Cup includes some of the best talent in Alaska.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Laube agreed last year to plead guilty to a misdemeanor for the beating of the journalist.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2024
  • The night was an important look back at the music that defined this past year.
    Lauren Ballantyne, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2023
  • There’s no give up in this team and it’s been that way all year long and even today when things didn’t go our way in the fourth quarter.
    Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • My time at Sony has been some of the most rewarding and memorable years of my life.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2023
  • This sweet gift is something a couple will cherish for years to come.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Though the plastic brought me down, so many natural events surprised me that first year.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Styles’ wrapped his first solo tour in late July after nearly two years on the road.
    Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The Empire State has lost 10 billionaires in the past four years, and those moves have hurt New York's bottom line for tax revenue.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 11 Nov. 2023
  • In recent years, Yudkowsky has become a subject of ridicule to many tech movers and shakers.
    Robert Evans, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Eskandar Saed is almost 7-years-old and is fasting for Ramadan for the first time.
    Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Altogether, the reno took close to four years and was completed in 2013.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Steven Weber is grateful to have his fellow ‘90s stars by his side after all these years.
    Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Paul said that Prime Hydration made $250 million in retail sales in its first year.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 10 July 2023

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