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

Years Older in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: older
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 17
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 26 words

Words in this phrase

years older

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • years can mean: plural of year. Very common word
  • older can mean: comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 3 start, 10 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

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

a few years older 1× about five years older 1× about five years older than me 1× and 19 years older his brother 1× and 29 years older than brazil 1× and seven years older respectively 1× approximately 2 years older than the 1× are five years older than me 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

birley marcus aurelius 1× brigitte macron 66 1× eliot was born 1× experts at the 1× fans immediately made 1× his family and 1×

Common sentence endings:

five years younger 2× 10 years wiser 1× at the flamingo 1× be a professional 1× eight years older 1× even got there 1×

Context words

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

five 6× two 6× age 4× nine 3× younger 3× old 3× friends 3× first 2× eliot 2× four 2× sisters 2× brother 2×

Related phrases

years ago two years five years consecutive years four years recent years few years years old older brother older people

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around older:

older people 20× older adults 17× older sister 11×

Just before it in the phrase index:

years old years covering years ago year treasury year eve year earlier

Just after it in the phrase index:

years prior yellow card yellow fever yellow jackets yes bank yesterday afternoon

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

years ago years old years prior years covering

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "years older" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 26 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a few years older, about five years older, five, two and age stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with years ago, two years, five years, older people, older adults and older sister, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with years older

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

Short example sentences

I have two older sisters, one who is two years older than me. (13 words)

Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 95. He was twenty years older than Marcus, older than Fronto. (14 words)

Juno was about five years older than me, so I just idolized her for years. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

My older sister was two years older, and I had been looking over her shoulder when she was struggling with ‘sentence diagrams’ and other such grammatical nonsense, so I was already prejudiced against junior high English before I even got there. (41 words)

The age limit of 30 or older, the same as that for office holders but ten years older than that required for participation in the assembly, gave the courts a certain standing in relation to the assembly. (37 words)

The vast majority of early SD members were relatively young, but the officers were typically older by comparison; nevertheless, the average age of an SD member was approximately 2 years older than the average Nazi Party member. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

They’re both a bit older than me – Kenny’s about nine or 10 years older and Peter about five years older.

Brigitte Macron, 66, is 25 years older than her husband and 29 years older than Brazil’s first lady, Michelle Bolsonaro.

Eliot was born at 2635 Locust St., property owned by his grandfather, William Greenleaf Eliot. citation His four sisters were between 11 and 19 years older; his brother was eight years older.

Fans immediately made the connection that the older blonde girl in question was Sabrina, who's four years older than Olivia.

I’m older — 10 years older — so I had the experience of theater and commercials on the East Coast on how to be a professional.

I have two older sisters, one who is two years older than me.

My older sister was two years older, and I had been looking over her shoulder when she was struggling with ‘sentence diagrams’ and other such grammatical nonsense, so I was already prejudiced against junior high English before I even got there.

Birley, Marcus Aurelius, 95. He was twenty years older than Marcus, older than Fronto.

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In addition to the usual generational differences, Issei men had been typically ten to fifteen years older than their wives, making them significantly older than the younger children of their often large families.

Pearson, p. 9 Two of his older brothers—Armand-François and Robert—died in infancy and his surviving brother, Armand, and sister Marguerite-Catherine were nine and seven years older, respectively.

The age limit of 30 or older, the same as that for office holders but ten years older than that required for participation in the assembly, gave the courts a certain standing in relation to the assembly.

The vast majority of early SD members were relatively young, but the officers were typically older by comparison; nevertheless, the average age of an SD member was approximately 2 years older than the average Nazi Party member.

It is paramount to note that Sophia is currently six years older than Davido and they had their first child (Imade) together nine years ago.

Juno was about five years older than me, so I just idolized her for years.

One 2021 study suggests nearly half of the 38-year-old participants were up to five years older in biological age than their actual age, while the other half were as many as five years younger.

The two friends of 62 years share the same April 3 birthday, though Newton is two years older, 81 to Orlando’s 79. Newton is still piloting his own show at the Flamingo.

When we were still kids, 15-16 years old, he was a few years older.

Experts at the Western Australia Museum have determined the note was 132 years old—24 years older than the previous record for a message in a bottle.

His family and friends came on board with this venture, saying, “He’s 10 years older, 10 years wiser.

There is essentially no difference between my friends that are five years older than me and those who are five years younger.

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