Sentence examples for roughly two decades from inspiring English sources

For roughly two decades, Mr. Browne and Mr. Kelly have faced such challenges together, said colleagues and longtime police reporters.

In the television production business, Sony's analog Beta format enjoyed almost complete hegemony for roughly two decades.

Nike sells Livestrong T-shirts pressed with the image of the middle-distance runner Steve Prefontaine, who died in 1975, roughly two decades before Armstrong gained worldwide fame.

"We are different," said Mr. Blumenthal, casting himself as a defender of the public during his roughly two decades as the state's attorney general.

His removal from the Senate means that he is without elective office for the first time in roughly two decades and that he has lost the special immunities given to lawmakers.

One person with direct knowledge of her account at the time said that the woman — roughly two decades Mr. Cain's junior and serving in a lower-level job — rebuffed him but that he continued to make advances.

Roughly three decades elapsed between the rain stopping and war starting.

The news stunned musicians and jazz enthusiasts in Savannah, where Tucker had been a musical fixture for roughly four decades.

Mr. Sanghi, the head of the office, has spent roughly three decades in Silicon Valley and formerly led Motorola Mobility's venture arm.

Roughly four decades of research (with historical precedents that stretch back much further) tell us that this kind of memory is essentially reconstructive.

This unassuming restaurant, popularly known as pad thai Phratu Phi (Ghost Gate pad thai), has been serving some of the city's finest noodles for roughly five decades.