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

Two Decades in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: decades
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 36
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.4 words

Words in this phrase

two decades

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • two can mean: A numerical value equal to 2; this many dots (••). Very common word
  • decades can mean: plural of decade. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

discovered over two decades of research 1× for over two decades 1× in over two decades 1× in over two decades when its 1× more than two decades ago was 1× more than two decades in the 1× more than two decades which reduced 1× part of two decades 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a man convicted 1× but these lands 1× due to his 1× from donating a 1× he says that 1× jenkins was given 1×

Common sentence endings:

over two decades 2× 005 in 2014 1× area in 2000 1× army national guard 1× around the world 1× at wetherby road 1×

Context words

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

pakistan 5× last 5× past 4× year 3× old 3× rate 3× man 2× girls 2× beating 2× terrorism 2× india 2× club 2×

Related phrases

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons two sides rating two two assists two sets

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around decades:

decades ago 15× four decades 11× few decades 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

two days two daughters two counts two countries two counties two consecutive

Just after it in the phrase index:

two distinct two dozen two episodes two female two games two goals

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

two weeks two daughters two years two goals two touchdowns two seasons

Same ending:

four decades few decades

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "two decades" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as discovered over two decades of research, for over two decades, pakistan, last and past stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with two weeks, two daughters, two years, decades ago, four decades and few decades, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with two decades

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

Short example sentences

Two-year-old Kato is the first child being raised in the village in two decades. (16 words)

Due to his two successful escapes from prison and organizing behind bars, Shoatz spent two decades in solitary confinement. (19 words)

The history between these two teams only adds to the intrigue, as they haven’t met in over two decades. (20 words)

Longer example sentences

From donating a one-night stay at the inn for a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County to his decades of work with the Rotary Club, Boule has put nearly two decades into building up Blaine since he moved to the area in 2000. (48 words)

To finish in the top two of a crack 50m freestyle final field on Saturday was a steep ask, and that failure would mean no Paris in six weeks and probably no more doing what she has done for the good part of two decades. (45 words)

These two decades can be considered as the most peaceful decades in the history of Pakistan in which Pakistan did not have any fear from India and Pakistan was ever ready to give an equal response to the Indian aggression. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

This is the face of a man who wrought hell on women and girls for decades; raping, beating, and sexually assaulting his victims for over two decades.

Terrorism is a stick India has used effectively for the past two decades to beat Pakistan with, and Pakistan has thoroughly deserved that beating, having brazenly encouraged terrorism as state policy for decades.

From donating a one-night stay at the inn for a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County to his decades of work with the Rotary Club, Boule has put nearly two decades into building up Blaine since he moved to the area in 2000.

These two decades can be considered as the most peaceful decades in the history of Pakistan in which Pakistan did not have any fear from India and Pakistan was ever ready to give an equal response to the Indian aggression.

Jenkins was given the honour due to her work with the Armed Forces over the past two decades, which has included two performances on the HMS Queen Elizabeth.

PSG have an excellent Cup record against Marseille, winning 10 of the 11 past encounters between the clubs, including two finals in the last two decades.

The 36-year-old centre-half, who has registered more than 400 appearances during a professional career spanning nearly two decades, has spent the last two seasons at Wetherby Road.

The history between these two teams only adds to the intrigue, as they haven’t met in over two decades.

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They pointed to lower suicide rates each of the last two years, after two decades of California consistently exceeding the national suicide rate for state prison systems.

Within the last two decades, and acrylic manicures have been rising in popularity because they can last up to two weeks.

A man convicted of shooting and killing two people in Oklahoma City more than two decades ago was executed on Thursday morning.

But these lands have been just two steps in what has been an almost complete transformation of the park over the past two decades.

Due to his two successful escapes from prison and organizing behind bars, Shoatz spent two decades in solitary confinement.

Projecting L.A. 2024 aims to highlight photojournalists in a way that, two years ago, had never been done in Los Angeles, according to Dean who for two decades concentrated on street photography around the world.

The Commission said that Apple had benefited from two Irish tax rulings for more than two decades, which reduced its tax burden to as low as 0.005% in 2014.

The rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee chose to keep the benchmark federal-funds rate steady — at the highest range the US economy has seen in over two decades — when its latest two-day meeting concluded on Thursday.

To finish in the top two of a crack 50m freestyle final field on Saturday was a steep ask, and that failure would mean no Paris in six weeks and probably no more doing what she has done for the good part of two decades.

Two-year-old Kato is the first child being raised in the village in two decades.

Walz, the 60-year-old father-of-two, is a former U.S. congressman, school teacher, football coach and served more than two decades in the Army National Guard.

He says that he has discovered over two decades of research that rituals have two benefits: “They help us alleviate anxiety and they help to increase social connection.

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