Sentence examples for over four generations from inspiring English sources

Rushdie's narrator, the gloriously-named Moraes Zogoiby, gives us his family's history over four generations with a generous rush of detailing that will recall your first encounter with a crowded Mumbai street.

Many of the dishes were perfected over four generations.

As the Carolingian political system had settled in, over four generations, local politics had become more stable and inward-looking.

The linens didn't match, and the table settings were composites drawn from dozens of sets accumulated over four generations.

Ranging over four generations, she identifies and isolates the points at which relationships start to fracture, and shows the tentative attempts, often years later, at repair.

Each child had suffered years of sexual abuse, perpetrated by brothers, sisters, cousins, fathers, an uncle and a grandfather over four generations.

It reflects a triumph over two generations of cultural disruption.

But that argument is lost on his admirers, who now range over three generations.

His gentle kindness and wisdom served as a guiding light over three generations.

We talk under a banyan tree that has watched over six generations of the Patel family.

Some objects will rise and others will fall over three generations.