Below you will find example sentences with "few decades". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Few Decades in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: decades
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.9 words

Words in this phrase

few decades

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • few can mean: An indefinite, but usually small, number of. Common word
  • decades can mean: plural of decade. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

the next few decades 4× a few decades ago the 1× after a few decades in the 1× also a few decades prior to 1× although every few decades low temperatures 1× body a few decades through a 1× of a few decades past and 1× only a few decades after the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a famously isolated 1× a few decades 1× after a few 1× as a result 1× as the first 1× as the world 1×

Common sentence endings:

next few decades 4× and far between 1× being more genuine 1× blockbuster type experiences 1× called project blueprint 1× extra thick skin 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

next 6× last 4× ago 3× past 3× star 2× trek 2× take 2× events 2× prior 2× series 2× spent 2× people 2×

Related phrases

two decades few hundred few years few weeks few months few days last few decades ago few quarters past few

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around decades:

two decades 20× decades ago 15× four decades 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

few days festival director ferry terminal ferris wheel feral cats female flowers

Just after it in the phrase index:

few dozen few examples few highlights few hundred few moments few months

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

few hundred few years few weeks few months few days few quarters

Same ending:

two decades four decades

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "few decades" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as the next few decades, a few decades ago the, next, last and ago stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two decades, few hundred, few years, two decades, decades ago and four decades, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with few decades

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

After a few decades in the limelight, she has developed an “extra-thick skin”. (14 words)

Bollywood, which had a glorious past, has not been doing well in the last few decades. (16 words)

In the last few decades of the 20th century, novices have for most communities been few and far between. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Until a few decades ago Kempen was a region of heathland and sand drifts with a sparse growth of pines, a few scattered villages subsisting on the poor soil and some small towns; and this is still the pattern in much of the region. (44 words)

As such, there has never been a frost or freeze reported in the Bahamas, although every few decades low temperatures can fall into the convert range for a few hours when a severe cold outbreak comes off the North American landmass. (41 words)

As the first Black woman to graduate from a nursing school in the province, Scott paved the way for young Black women from Canada and the Caribbean to transform the face of nursing in Ontario over the next few decades. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Given the time frame, it seems that "Star Trek: The Beginning" was to take place only a few decades after the events of "Enterprise," but also a few decades prior to the events of the original "Star Trek" series.

Varying peoples have spent decades watching other people portray them… So I personally don’t see anything wrong with the next few decades being spent on things being more genuine.

In its first few generations, it was based on the Ford Custom DeLuxe before going through several design changes over the next few decades.

The science fiction series' true home has traditionally always been the small screen, but over the last few decades the franchise has grown and grown, with the last few ventures being huge blockbuster-type experiences.

As such, there has never been a frost or freeze reported in the Bahamas, although every few decades low temperatures can fall into the convert range for a few hours when a severe cold outbreak comes off the North American landmass.

In the last few decades of the 20th century, novices have for most communities been few and far between.

Until a few decades ago Kempen was a region of heathland and sand drifts with a sparse growth of pines, a few scattered villages subsisting on the poor soil and some small towns; and this is still the pattern in much of the region.

A famously isolated, “unacculturated” tribe—who, until a few decades prior, had almost no contact with outsiders—the Yanomami had become the object of intense anthropological investigation.

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A few decades ago, the island nation was renowned for its soaring economy fueled by its vibrant youth culture and passion for technology.

After a few decades in the limelight, she has developed an “extra-thick skin”.

As a result, it won’t take much planetary warming to lead to widespread flood devastation — the results may be visible over the next few decades, or even earlier.

As the first Black woman to graduate from a nursing school in the province, Scott paved the way for young Black women from Canada and the Caribbean to transform the face of nursing in Ontario over the next few decades.

As the world moves away from conventional fossil-based energy sources, towards cleaner and sustainable energy sources, the company is looking to capitalise on the huge demand potential for renewable power anticipated over the next few decades.

As Weckstein explains it, there were virtually no falcons or hawks in Philadelphia a few decades ago thanks to DDT, that nasty insecticide that caused so many problems in the world.

As with the smoking habit of previous generations, nobody questioned it until studies of the health damage it did were produced and people started suffering, a few decades on.

Bollywood, which had a glorious past, has not been doing well in the last few decades.

Bryan Johnson, a 45-year-old biotech founder, hopes to rewind the clock of his body a few decades through a program he started, called Project Blueprint.

But it would mean that our expectations about many specific regional manifestations of climate change may be wrong, at least in the next few decades.

Children, in their new shiny shoes, have been heading back to education this week and one thing was enough to send a cold shiver down my spine, evoking memories of a few decades past and my own school days.

Cuts to Forest Service funding and dwindling timber harvests over the past few decades left seed orchards such as Dennie Ahl low on the agency's priority list.

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