Example sentences for: younger

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

  • Some (younger) people often save the cherry to eat last; people more advanced in age may be seen to eat the cherry first, presumably on the theory that they might not last long enough to finish the sweet.

  • He was the youngest of three younger brothers, all of whom shared a father different from Kincaid's, and although he was sharp and curious as a boy, he threw away his talents and made a fatal decision to glide through life on charm alone.

  • Nicknamed "The Velvet Fog" for his smooth voice, Torme "sang with a geniality that seemed ingrained and a voice that was incapable of making an unpleasant sound" (Holden, the New York Times ). He was most famous for his scat improvisations and enjoyed a renaissance in the 1990s, when, after a lifetime of performing, he was discovered by a younger generation interested in lounge music.

  • Newspaper reporters increasingly feel themselves irrelevant--marginalized by TV news and the Internet, ignored by a younger generation of nonreaders.

  • Three years younger than you."


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