Example sentences for: second-generation

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

  • Typical of "second-generation" Web firms, the company was founded by Silicon Valley veterans who abandoned fortunes in unvested stock options to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams.

  • And how does that stack up against research indicating that second-generation Latinos and Latinas are often monolingual English speakers?

  • The sophisticated spin: Black, mixed-race, and second-generation French players (led by Zidane, the Muslim son of Algerian immigrants) beat the team that had been embraced, overhyped, and overcommercialized by the global sports media and business elite.

  • The appointment last week of William Henderson--a 26-year, second-generation USPS veteran who once served as head of employee relations--as postmaster general is seen as an indication of the importance of labor relations to the long-term health of the service.

  • Since we are already so long lived, even a 30% increase in healthy life span will give the first beneficiaries of rejuvenation therapies another 20 years—an eternity in science—to benefit from second-generation therapies that would give another 30%, and so on ad infinitum.


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