Sentence examples for represented a generation from inspiring English sources

But in that, he represented a generation.

These ghost-like individuals, mostly elderly, represented a generation that had lost to the market.

The couple represented a generation of young Indians eager to find their place in the new economy.

Ryder and her contemporaries represented a Generation X pushback against the yuppie swagger of the 1980s brat pack of James Spader, Demi Moore, Val Kilmer, Emilio Estevez and Tom Cruise.

Prince Saud represented a generation of senior royals who wanted to exert Saudi power in the region and contain Iran, but ultimately they were satisfied with the status quo.

It's not the vast sum it was when John Jacob Astor was popularly described as America's first millionaire, nor does it come near the riches it represented a generation ago, when Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable portrayed women seeking rich husbands in "How to Marry a Millionaire".

Ullmann represents a generation of the nameless.

In that sense, she represents a generation growing old in a different way.

My students represent a generation of Russians who grew up with the conflict in Chechnya.

Mohammad represents a generation that has been failed by the state.

Hunter and Lance Gumbs represent a generation of Shinnecocks who came of age in the sixties.