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

Nearly Decade in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 11
  • Discovered as a combination around: decade
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 9
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 31.3 words

Words in this phrase

nearly decade

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • nearly can mean: In close approximation; almost, virtually. Common word
  • decade can mean: A group, set, or series of ten , particularly Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 1 start, 5 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

and the nearly decade long war 1× be a nearly decade long project 1× country s nearly decade long war 1× ends a nearly decade long reliance 1× from a nearly decade long financial 1× in the nearly decade old killing 1× of a nearly decade old sexual 1× of the nearly decade long soviet 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and the nearly 1× gov john bel 1× in 2017 michael 1× islamic extremists in 1× it had taken 1× mr mitsotakis campaigned 1×

Common sentence endings:

decade long project 1× decade long war 1× film a shout 1× his former girlfriend 1× long civil war 1× long financial crisis 1×

Context words

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

long 9× war 5× yemen 3× country 3× old 3× expected 2× end 2× africa 2× way 2× project 2× using 2× soviet 2×

Related phrases

nearly percent past decade nearly half nearly impossible next decade decade ago last decade nearly per

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around decade:

past decade 17× next decade 12× last decade 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

nearing completion nearby village nearby hospital near future ncaa women ncaa tournament

Just after it in the phrase index:

nearly half nearly impossible nearly per nearly percent necessarily mean need permission

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

nearly percent nearly half nearly impossible nearly per

Same ending:

past decade next decade last decade

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "nearly decade" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 31.3 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and the nearly decade long war, be a nearly decade long project, long, war and yemen stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with nearly percent, past decade, nearly half, past decade, next decade and last decade, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with nearly decade

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

Short example sentences

A ex-BC Lion is facing murder charges in the nearly decade-old killing of his former girlfriend. (18 words)

SpaceX's launch of Hurley and Behnken ends a nearly decade-long reliance on Russia for access to the station. (20 words)

On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed, marking the end of the nearly decade-long Soviet-Afghan war. (23 words)

Longer example sentences

In 2017, Michael Kalo took the WPS to court, alleging he got fired from a job as a school bus driver after the Winnipeg police included details of a nearly decade-old sexual-related charge for which he was never convicted in a vulnerable-sector check. (46 words)

Gov. John Bel Edwards has previously announced a plan to fund the project using Grant Anticipated Revenue Bonds, though it is increasingly clear those monies will not cover the entire cost of what is expected to be a nearly decade-long project. (42 words)

Islamic extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram and an offshoot linked to the Islamic State. (37 words)

Exclamation examples

So it’s no surprise that Hoffman, the creator of the nearly decade-long viral phenomenon Old Jews Telling Jokes, taps into some complicated topics in a playful and poignant way in his feature film a Shout! (37 words)

Example sentences (11)

And the nearly decade-long war in Yemen, which has devastated that population, appears to finally be ending, as Saudi Arabia is expected to announce an end to its U.S.-backed war on that country.

Mr Mitsotakis campaigned on a platform of securing economic growth and political stability, cutting taxes and boosting incomes as Greece gradually recovers from a nearly decade-long financial crisis.

Yemen is a major route for migrants from East Africa and the Horn of Africa trying to reach Gulf countries for work, despite Yemen's nearly decade-long civil war.

It had taken six months for coronavirus to find its way to northwest Syria, an area hard hit by the country’s nearly decade-long war.

SpaceX's launch of Hurley and Behnken ends a nearly decade-long reliance on Russia for access to the station.

Gov. John Bel Edwards has previously announced a plan to fund the project using Grant Anticipated Revenue Bonds, though it is increasingly clear those monies will not cover the entire cost of what is expected to be a nearly decade-long project.

In 2017, Michael Kalo took the WPS to court, alleging he got fired from a job as a school bus driver after the Winnipeg police included details of a nearly decade-old sexual-related charge for which he was never convicted in a vulnerable-sector check.

On 15 February 1989, the Soviet Army withdrawal from Afghanistan was completed, marking the end of the nearly decade-long Soviet-Afghan war.

A ex-BC Lion is facing murder charges in the nearly decade-old killing of his former girlfriend.

Islamic extremists in Nigeria have begun using drones, the country’s president says, opening a worrying new front in the region’s nearly decade-long fight against Boko Haram and an offshoot linked to the Islamic State.

So it’s no surprise that Hoffman, the creator of the nearly decade-long viral phenomenon Old Jews Telling Jokes, taps into some complicated topics in a playful and poignant way in his feature film a Shout!