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How to use senior in a sentence

40 example sentences · adjective, noun

Senior means older. Example: “He was four years her senior.”

Examples of senior by meaning

adjectiveHigher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.

  • senior member; senior counsel

adjectiveSynonym of elder.

  • It is unusual for the senior hand to leave even one of the five cards to which he is entitled.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards...

nounAn old person.

  • Grave and reverend seniors seemed to have caught the prevailing spirit as badly as the students, and I saw white-bearded men rising and shaking their fists at the obdurate Professor.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘Question!’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 77

nounSomeone older than someone else (with possessive).

  • He was four years her senior.

More sentences with senior

  • A decapitation strike carried out by drone killed many of the country's senior generals.From the entry decapitation
  • We honor veterans and senior citizens with a ten percent discount.From the entry veteran
  • She was very mature for a sophomore and had several friends who were juniors or even seniors.From the entry sophomore
  • Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground.From the entry on the ground
  • Jane mentioned a number of braggables in her college application, including her term as senior class president.From the entry braggable
  • Heritage House is a ten-story apartment house for seniors in the heart of downtown.From the entry apartment house
  • Senior citizens are our core market at present, and we can't afford to alienate them as we explore other markets.From the entry market
  • As a rule, our senior editors are serious-minded.From the entry rule
  • The associate editor is someone who has some experience in editing but not sufficient experience to qualify for a senior post.From the entry associate
  • Allow me to introduce my business associates, Alice and Bob, who are senior VPs for ops and strategy, respectively.From the entry associate
  • He got a bump up into senior management.From the entry bump
  • The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired.From the entry deputy
  • Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.From the entry internecine
  • After seeing half the senior staff walk out, the school opened the new year on a wing and a prayer.From the entry on a wing and a prayer
  • He wishes to have the senior, or old square-toes, backed; he longs to have his father on six men's shoulders; that is, carried to the grave.From the entry backed
  • The party will be a casual mixer for middle-agers and senior citizens who would like to meet some new friends but also would like to stay low-key about it.From the entry middle-ager
  • High school seniors across California are anxiously awaiting word on their public university acceptances.2026 March 27, Mikhail Zinshteyn, Carolyn Jones, “Getting into a UC or Cal State requires these classes. Almost half of students don’t…. From the entry anxiously
  • “You cannot build the motor without the magnet,” said a senior automotive executive.2025 April 27, Sean McLain, “Dyspro-what? Why an Obscure Element Has the EV Industry in a Panic. The rare-earth mineral dysprosium, used…. From the entry dysprosium
  • Emily Feil is a senior staff writer covering staff and student labor.2025 December 13, Ian Ritter, Emily Feil, “Two confirmed dead in active shooter incident on Brown campus, police do not have any suspects…. From the entry Long Beach
  • Shadi is a Washington Post columnist and a senior fellow at Georgetown University’s Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.2025 December 12, Andrew Sullivan, “Shadi Hamid On US Power And The New NSS”, in The Weekly Dish. From the entry Shadi
  • The program also teaches tribal hymn classes for their senior population.2024 October 15, “Poarch Creek Indians celebrate Indigenous People’s Day”, in Fox 10 News. From the entry Mvskoke
  • Seniors are not the only ones who experience a drop in motivation once the second semester begins.2023 August 2, Lauren Lentz, “Junioritis: A Lesser-Known Condition”, in The Uproar. From the entry junioritis
  • He has not played a senior professional game for two years.2023 February 24, Jonathan Liew, “Loris Karius knows only too well how one game can change a career”, in The Guardian. From the entry redemption arc
  • Senior politicians have cosplayed as train drivers, ambulance workers, Border Force officials – the list goes on.2022 December 23, Marina Hyde, “Who can doubt the futuristic brilliance of [Rishi] Sunak and co? They’ve given us driverless government”…. From the entry cosplay
  • He said he had raised his concerns about the invasion with senior embassy staff several times.2022 May 23, Emma Farge, “Russian diplomat in Switzerland says he resigns over Ukraine invasion”, in Reuters, archived from the original…. From the entry keep one's mouth shut
  • But for Estrada and Mosman, their senior season will not be about fun and games.2022 November 2, J. Brady McCollough, “High schools embrace chance to field esports teams”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.…. From the entry Rocket Leaguer
  • Seriously, he is our best chance,” one senior Labor figure says.2021 October 2, Sarah Martin, “‘Well on the nose’: is Christian Porter beyond redemption in his WA seat of Pearce?”, in The Guardian. From the entry on the nose
  • But the real test of my adaptability came senior year, when I became chapter president of DKA.2020 June 30, Spencer Wright, “My fraternity taught me the secret to surviving a pandemic”, in CNN, archived from the original on 01 Aug…. From the entry adaptability
  • A senior rail source said: "Frankly, no one believes being on the government books is temporary.2020 August 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Rail passenger services nationalised in all but name”, in Rail, page 7. From the entry privatise
  • For a talented senior class, the weekend marks the final hurrah in Yale blue.2019 May 8, Chip Malafronte, “Yale enters weekend playing for pride”, in New Haven Register. From the entry Yale blue
  • Winner and iKon learned and grew by following their sunbaes' (seniors) footsteps.2019 June 23, Sabah S. Themis, “YG Bows Out From His Entertainment Company”, in BusinessMirror, page 5. From the entry sunbae
  • I was disgusted when a senior member of staff at Gillcrest suggested you were “embellishing” your case.2019 September 2, Katie Morley, “‘My flat is so damp there’s black mould on my bed sheets – yet the landlord says there’s no problem’”, in…. From the entry character assassinate
  • The president’s senior policy adviser, Stephen Miller, has been point on immigration policy.2018 July 2, Paul Winfree, “Trump’s economic agenda is unfocused. Here’s how to fix it.”, in Washington Post. From the entry point
  • The junior can offer to do the voxes, gaining experience and sparing the senior journalist the trouble.2018, Gary Hudson, Sarah Rowlands, The Broadcast Journalism Handbook. From the entry edit
  • Researchers have spent years studying superagers in an attempt to understand what sets the senior citizens apart.2018 February 19, Nicola Davis, “Scientists unravel secrets of ‘superagers’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry superager
  • We are into senior hurling now, to use an Irish phrase.2018 February 1, Darragh O'Brien, "Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce" Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and…. From the entry senior hurling

Meaning of senior

  1. adjective Older.
  2. adjective Higher in rank, dignity, or office; superior.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to a student's final academic year at a high school (twelfth grade) or university.

Full definition of senior

Questions about senior in a sentence

How do you use senior in a sentence?
Senior is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “He was four years her senior.”
What is a short sentence with senior?
“senior member; senior counsel”
What does senior mean?
Senior means older.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: senior (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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