Sentence examples for years were able from inspiring English sources

Blacks were freed after the Civil War, and over the years were able to buy land and established all-black towns throughout the state.

The nation of Indonesia is surely able to overcome this because our ancestors for thousands of years were able to hold on in this land".

A number of excellent teachers during my school years were able to do it, however, through the same simple means that Greenman used with his sons.

Even those Australian cricket pundits and fans who were most ambivalent about the team's image and manner of winning during the past 15 years were able to set their moral objections aside and rally behind the flag when it came to an Ashes series.

23andMe initially provided genetic reports for $299, and within several years were able to cut its price by two-thirds.

Children aged 10 to 12 years were able to provide evolutionary explanations, although those explanations were likely to be Lamarckian rather than Darwinian in nature.

(Not even Castelli, who represented him for 40 years, was able to do that).

For years, being able to carry a concealed handgun has been a sacred right for many gun enthusiasts.

Neural implants may within a few years be able to increase intelligence or to speed up reflexes.

If you've been sent down for 20 years, being able to call your mum and dad isn't really going to have that much effect.

The 40m Brazilians who clambered out of poverty in the past eight years are able for the first time to scrutinise the society that their taxes finance.