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How to use longevity in a sentence

31 example sentences · noun

Longevity means the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life. Example: “Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!”

Examples of longevity by meaning

nounThe quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

  • Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!
  • The longevity of spicy and swicy will depend on how committed consumers are to sticking with these flavors as they grow older.2024 June 2, Parija Kavilanz, “‘Swicy’ is the hottest trend in food right now”, in CNN

nounDuration over time; persistence.

  • A ‘postdating’ is an example of the use of a lexical item at a later date than currently recorded and these are important in establishing the longevity of use of a term and whether or not it has become obsolete.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255

More sentences with longevity

  • Men who become fathers later in life may pass a mark of longevity down to their paternal grandchildren.From the entry paternal grandchild
  • He was notable not only for his longevity but also for his unusual lucidity for his age.2024 June 11, Alex Williams, “Morrie Markoff, Listed as Oldest Man in the U.S., Dies at 110”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry lucidity
  • Nattō consumption is believed to be a significant contributor to the longevity of the Japanese population.2021, Akhlaq A. Farooqui, “Importance of fermented foods on human health”, in Tahira Farooqui, Akhlaq A. Farooqui, Gut Microbiota in…. From the entry nattō
  • Once a biological consciousness is copied into a cyberconsciousness, the possibilities for longevity skyrocket.2019, Jacob Shatzer, Transhumanism and the Image of God, page 102. From the entry cyberconsciousness
  • Mount Tai, in the eastern province of Shandong, represents longevity in Chinese tradition.2016 February 15, Didi Kirsten Tatlow, “China’s Legal Professionals, Under Limits at Home, Note Scalia’s Death”, in The New York Times…. From the entry Mount Tai
  • On the contrary, the process manifests resounding cultural success through its longevity.2015, Kim Timby, 3D and Animated Lenticular Photography: Between Utopia and Entertainment, Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 248. From the entry lenticular
  • The reason literature plays a unique role in any literate culture is its longevity.2008 January 7, Charles Hugh Smith, Can a Fragmented Culture Find Common Ground?. From the entry literate
  • Having opened his presents Chiang sat down with the family and ate bowls full of longevity noodles.2008, Robin Laurance, “October”, in Just What I Always Wanted! Unwrapping the World’s Most Curious Birthday Presents, London: Quercus…. From the entry bowl full
  • Why it should have attained such longevity is a nice question.2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, Picador, published 2007, page 242. From the entry nice
  • But by another set of numbers—longevity and income inequality—it began to lag behind Northern Europe and Japan.2004 April 5, The New Yorker,. From the entry lag
  • Woodlice often survive for longer than a year, with longevity of 2–5 years not uncommon.2001, John L. Capinera, editor, Handbook of Vegetable Pests, page 566. From the entry woodlouse
  • Glass, nor did I ask him any questions about my probable longevity — or shortgevity.1993, Garrett Oppenheim, Gwen Oppenheim, The Golden Handicap. From the entry shortgevity
  • Pilling, a research fellow in genomic epidemiology at the University of Exeter Medical School, have also studied the genetics underlying longevity.2018 November 6, Susan Scutti, “Your Grandma may be old, but that doesn’t mean you will be, researchers say”, in CNN. From the entry epidemiology
  • XPA might have longevity, but OktoberFish (6% ABV) is a frequent contender for the most popular Flying Fish.2014, Ben Keene, The Great Northeast Brewery Tour: Tap into the Best Craft Breweries in New England and the Mid-Atlantic, Voyageur Press…. From the entry festbier
  • If I ate stupidly, Americanly, vegetarianly, for sixty years, how might plant-based eating produce longevity, plus a healing endothelium?2013, Thomas Larson, “The Sanctuary of Illness”, in The Sanctuary of Illness: A Memoir of Heart Disease, Albany, N.Y.: Hudson…. From the entry vegetarianly
  • This may be a useful lesson beyond the realms of longevity in a world more fussed about efficiency than effectiveness.2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. From the entry fussed
  • Not all nations are in a position to benefit from longevity, and in fact, a significant number suffer from its opposite—shortgevity.2010, Howard M. Fillit, Kenneth Rockwood, Kenneth Woodhouse, Brocklehurst's Textbook of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology. From the entry shortgevity
  • Radicals with inbuilt longevity—a regular Adam and Eve who would add healthy genes to Earth's decaying gene pool.2004, Paul Collins, The Earthborn, page 71. From the entry Adam and Eve
  • This, I feel, is the key to my unfeeble longevity: more than twenty-five thousand days on this earth and no complaints.2002, Eartha Kitt, Rejuvenate! (It's Never Too Late), page 18. From the entry unfeeble
  • Almost all of the cardiac pacemakers available today have multiple programmabilities that should be considered during the longevity prediction.1995, M. Zafar A. Munshi, Handbook of Solid State Batteries & Capacitors, →ISBN, page 181. From the entry programmabilities
  • Longevity lighted the paper money and kowtowed another time.1967, C. Y. Lee, The land of the golden mountain, page 175. From the entry paper money
  • Insertive interdisciplinary applications are an important element in the development and longevity of a school of thought, a fact that PKE seems to have missed.2013, G. C. Harcourt, Peter Kriesler, The Oxford Handbook of Post-Keynesian Economics, Volume 1, →ISBN. From the entry insertive
  • “The Zweihander represents balance and longevity."2012, Christopher Cifelli, Darkwind Chronicles: Act I, →ISBN, page 142. From the entry zweihander
  • Rather than allocating resources toward longevity, pool sprite directs its efforts towards rapid growth and speedy reproduction to survive in its ephemeral environment.2006, J. Phil Gibson, Plant Ecology, Chelsea House Publishers, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry pool sprite
  • Longevity ran in the family; Mrs.1997 August 5, Craig R. Whitney, “Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry unflappability
  • I question the longevity of most books issued in these days, but I am never in doubt about these rag books; they are immortal.1910, T.P.'s Weekly, volume 16, page 785. From the entry rag book
  • Like an empress, I feel great content surrounded by the familiar sounds of laughter, bickering, rattling plates, clicking chopsticks, smacking lips, and noisy sipping of the longevity brew.2008, Mingmei Yip, Peach Blossom Pavilion. From the entry content
  • The main reason for their longevity was digging up sealwort (Polygonatum sibiricum), the rhizome of Chinese atractylodes and the rhizome of large-headed atractylodes (Atractylodes macrocephala) for use as food.1990, Zhengcai Liu, The mystery of longevity, →ISBN, page 160. From the entry sealwort

Meaning of longevity

  1. noun The quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.
  2. noun Duration over time; persistence.

Full definition of longevity

Questions about longevity in a sentence

How do you use longevity in a sentence?
Longevity is used as a noun. For example: “Grandpa had incredible longevity: he lived to be 105 years old!”
What is a short sentence with longevity?
“Longevity ran in the family; Mrs.”
What does longevity mean?
Longevity means the quality of being long-lasting, especially of life.

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