"Now the next generation will remember and pass it along."

And so one generation passes to the next, he thought.

He went on to say that this generation would not pass until all these things had happened.

Three generations have passed through the school since the mid-1950s.

Within the country, a generation has passed without the development of new skills.

To the board's credit, it kept its word, even though a full generation had passed since the original agreement.

It feels as if a generation has passed since I wrote this book.

By the time enough generations have passed, they become gods.

This is usually used to refer to the increase after one generation has passed.

Our generation must pay for its own bills, rather than pass them on to the next.