Sentence examples for few generations old from inspiring English sources

Mecca was only a few generations old.

For all the fixity of its ways, the real-estate oligarchy is only a few generations old.

The 11.6-inch model starts out at $999 with the 13.3-inch hitting at $1299, which is just about right considering the computer hardware is actually a few generations old.

Ballet in China is only a few generations old.

It is difficult for them (and The Economist) to believe that in a few generations the age old European civilisation will be swallowed up by Islam moderate or radical.William Stern Munster, IndianaSIR —In your review of Walter Laqueur's book, you write "Islam has often been a more tolerant, civilising force than, say, the Roman Catholic church".

Hawi's newly reinvigorated commercial mix includes gift shops, snack bars, restaurants and a few generations-old mom-and-pop stores, all lined up on a single street behind modest wooden storefronts.

But there is another vital issue: what matters is planning for a world in which we are squeezing ever more tightly into cities and where – for a few generations – more will be old than are young.

It may simply be the case that many Americans prefer to learn about the world and to entertain themselves with television and other streaming media, rather than with the printed word, and that it is taking a few generations for them to shed old habits like newspapers and novels.

Judging from the sender's old German name, I was fairly sure that she must be from a few generations past.

A few generations ago, teenagers went steady.

Within a few generations, Italian culture flourished.