Sentence examples for as a generation of from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately "doing an Amanda Burton" (as a generation of actresses amusingly describe it... or would if I had anything to do with it) is less likely to make me empathise with a character than giggle at them.

Much as a generation of young teens has been enthralled by Minecraft.

As a generation of adolescents adolesced, they defiantly hauled their old-school clothing ideas with them.

Some diplomats say service in Iraq is a defining experience for their cohort, just as a generation of foreign service officers cut their teeth in Vietnam.

The growth comes as a generation of children of Muslim immigrants reach college age and is fueled by an increase in international students.

The cable TV industry is in crisis as a generation of viewers "cut the cord" ditching high-priced subscriptions for TV over the internet.

The people who provided that vision included the technocratic Keen at the centre, as well as a generation of inspiring performance directors in key sports.

As for poor black youth, they were targeted in the 90's as a generation of "superpredators," gang-bangers and thugs.

Because, as a generation of anti-drug warriors has learned, nothing in the war on drugs is straightforward; every seeming victory comes with an unintended consequence.

Sex became the outer limit of democracy, as a generation of revolutionaries gave way to a triumphant and complacent petit bourgeoisie.

The decade started on a slackerish note, as a generation of Americans was informed it would probably be the first not to match its parents' income.