Sentence examples for separated for years from inspiring English sources

Many families remained separated for years, because the guest workers had been expected to leave Germany eventually.

"There are thousands of couples who have been separated for years and want to marry again but can't," said Ms. Saá, the congresswoman.

Families have been separated for years at a time and teenagers waiting to be reunited with parents have turned 21, losing the chance to enter this country.

And Mee Moua, president of the Asian American Justice Center, explained how backlogs kept families separated for years, if not decades.

Troy Dunn of "The Locator" is a dapper Ben Affleck look-alike who jets around the Sun Belt— his constant air travel is a recurring motif — tracking down children, parents or siblings who have been separated for years, usually because someone was given up for adoption.

Married in 1952, the duo have been separated for years, but they never divorced and remained close.

When the Second World War began the pair were separated for five years, including two years during which Mr Kaye served in Iceland.

Gitta was married for eighteen years and has been separated for eighteen years.

"It would be one thing if Eli were twelve years old, and you had only been separated for two years, but he is so young," Steinmetz said.

Mario Fava, a 37-year-old office manager who has been legally separated for seven years with no chance of remarrying, said he was delighted by the result.

She and her husband have been separated for four years.