How to Use Silent Generation in a Sentence

Silent Generation

noun
  • Huerta, too, belongs to the Silent Generation.
    — Jenisha Watts, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Next came the Silent Generation, born 1928 to 1945.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Historians call them the Silent Generation.
    — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Dianne Feinstein was a member of the cohort the demographers call the Silent Generation.
    — Carl Nolte, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2025
  • What gains millennials have made came largely from absorbing homes vacated by the Silent Generation, the cohort born before the Boomers.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • Gallup found 27% of Gen Z identifying as Democrats compared to 32% of the Silent Generation.
    — Tierra Cunningham, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Boomers went on to raise Gen X (Children born between 1965 and 1980), along with members of the Silent Generation.
    — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Silent Generation 1% Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, the world’s trust in Gen X appears to have been earned the old-fashioned way, and probably won’t be easily eroded.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 1 July 2026
  • That represents just a fraction of the $90 trillion that the Silent Generation and baby boomers are set to pass on to their heirs as part of the Great Wealth Transfer, but its big figure nonetheless.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 May 2026
  • Baby Boomers and the Silent Generation will pass down $84 trillion through 2045, according to Cerulli Associates.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The survey included homebuyers from several generations, from Gen Z, ages 18-26, to the Silent Generation, ages 80 to 100.
    — Alex Veiga, Fortune, 20 May 2026
  • The Silent Generation, sandwiched between the Greatest Generation and the Boomers, was essentially skipped entirely in presidential politics, with the lone exception of Joe Biden and Gen X has yet to hold the office.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 25 May 2026
  • Among Congress’ 24 Silent Generation members — defined as those born between 1928 and 1945 — more than half have decided to run again, according to an NBC News analysis.
    — Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 17 Jan. 2026
  • Gen Z is also less likely to identify as Republican compared to older generations, with 17% identifying as Republican compared to 37% of the Silent Generation (born before 1946).
    — Tierra Cunningham, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2026

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