Example sentences for: decade

How can you use “decade” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A decade earlier, the British government led by Margaret Thatcher was facing severe economic troubles and insistent calls for a change of policy to deal with them.

  • In the last decade, Pottery Barn, et al.

  • In the Hall of Fame there are only 11 catchers, eight from this century--fewer than one catcher per decade.

  • "I keep reminding my friends we've entered the decade of the teenage mutant ninja turtle," he offers in one speech draft.

  • A decade ago, when the contras and Sandinistas were willing proxies for the final great showdown of the Cold War, a Daniel Ortega press conference could easily draw 100 foreign reporters--double that if he had a captured American spy or some other bauble to show off.


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