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

Years Old in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: years
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 25
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 27.9 words

Words in this phrase

years old

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word
  • old can mean: Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

8 billion years old 1× 8 billion years old to now 1× and 21 years old respectively but 1× and 6 years old when they 1× angelina five years old and a 1× approximately 4l years old 1× around 24 years old and 21 1× at 6 years old were singing 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

anders and his 1× ayala is accused 1× bebe rexha is 1× biden is now 1× his 3 year 1× hundeyin said the 1×

Common sentence endings:

17 years old 2× 100 years old 1× 15 years old 1× 27 years old 1× 4l years old 1× 76 years old 1×

Context words

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

stage 3× year 3× billion 3× now 3× operational 2× five 2× six 2× singing 2× children 2× biden 2× came 2× two 2×

Related phrases

years ago two years five years consecutive years four years recent years few years twenty years teenage years aged years

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around years:

two years 20× five years 20× four years 20×

Just before it in the phrase index:

years covering years ago year treasury year eve year earlier year despite

Just after it in the phrase index:

years older years prior yellow card yellow fever yellow jackets yes bank

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

years ago years older years prior years covering

Same ending:

same old too old

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "years old" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 27.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as 8 billion years old, 8 billion years old to now, stage, year and billion stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two years, five years, two years, five years and four years, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with years old

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

Short example sentences

Williamson is old (70), but not Joe Biden-old (80 years old). (12 words)

Biden is now 80 years old, while Trump is 76 years old. (12 words)

Nancy had an older sister Angelina five years old and a brother Louie two years old. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

I’ve been kicking in this stadium since I came to camp when I was 16 years old,” said Griffin, who grew up about 40 minutes east in Danville, Ill. “I came to campus when I was 18 years old and I’m 23 now, so you guys can do the math. (52 words)

The stages are the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years old, the preoperational state from 2 years old to 7 years old, the concrete operational stage from 7 years old to 10 years old, and formal operational stage from 11 years old and up. (45 words)

Using this hybrid approach, a research team led by Penn State astronomers has derived a complete picture of black-hole growth over 12 billion years, from the universe's infancy at around 1.8 billion years old to now at 13.8 billion years old. (45 words)

Example sentences (20)

The stages are the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years old, the preoperational state from 2 years old to 7 years old, the concrete operational stage from 7 years old to 10 years old, and formal operational stage from 11 years old and up.

Hundeyin said the rescued pupils are identified as Sofiat, four years old; Israel, five years old and Mustapha, six years old, adding that they had reunited with their families.

The letter was signed by Cara Delevingne (31 years old), Naomie Harris (47 years old), and Keira Knightley (39 years old), among others.

The technology is there and you can use it for 30 years old, 50 years old and even 100 years old.

The 18-year-old singer and songwriter said that he started singing when he was six years old and he released his first album when he was just 15 years old.

Anders and his wife’s children were 18 months old, 3 years old and 6 years old when they adopted them.

Using this hybrid approach, a research team led by Penn State astronomers has derived a complete picture of black-hole growth over 12 billion years, from the universe's infancy at around 1.8 billion years old to now at 13.8 billion years old.

Williamson is old (70), but not Joe Biden-old (80 years old).

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Bebe Rexha is only 29 years old, and doesn't have time for old-fashioned thinkers who believe that late 20s is considered too old to be sexy.

His 3 year old son, Kaleb, and his 9 year old step daughter, Leilani, died as a result of their injuries, and Kaeden, who is 6 years old, was airlifted to Martinique in critical condition.

Ayala is accused of engaging in sexual activity with a minor when he was 24 years old, and the victim was 16 or 17 years old.

Biden is now 80 years old, while Trump is 76 years old.

He was only 11 years old when he was cast in the movies and was 22 years old by the time the film series ended, reports ‘Deadline’.

I remember at 8 years old, Vanessa and Mellissa at 6 years old were singing songs off the radio with perfect pitch and harmonies better than the original artist,' Frank wrote.

I’ve been kicking in this stadium since I came to camp when I was 16 years old,” said Griffin, who grew up about 40 minutes east in Danville, Ill. “I came to campus when I was 18 years old and I’m 23 now, so you guys can do the math.

John Doe 1 was 16 years old at the time, and White was approximately 4l years old.

Justin tied the knot with Hailey in 2018 when they were around 24 years old and 21 years old, respectively, but their friendship-turned-romance hasn't been easy.

Nancy had an older sister Angelina five years old and a brother Louie two years old.

Texas’ safe storage law allows prosecutors to go after parents for failing to secure their firearms from children 16 years old and younger, but the shooter’s family was not liable because he was 17 years old.

The other two, also from Cameroon, are Mmai Bmie Rostand, 32 years old; and Nossu Ngambewo Ricky, 27 years old.

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