Excerpt from novel.
For over several decades this great nation of ours has been oppressed and abused by the tyrannical imperialists at the united federal nations of earth and their precious interstellar system alliance!"
Splintered Light, Chapter 1.3: Facing the Moonrise
As far as the rottweiler had been concerned he would have continued sailing well into his sixth decade, and he still had one year to go until his fourth.
Anthropia: The Mages (Chanters Edited)
Master level spells, however, can shave entire years off their life spans, possibly even decades if its strong enough.
History of the Hybrid.
A decade or so later, the shanghai touched down on it's new home. all went according to plan, and the colony was well established by the end of the first year dirtside.
Power Loader Antics
They wandered out to the docks where gert was sitting idle – you never power a loader down, no need as their fuel run for decades. chad gave a low whooing sound – a lupoid equivalent of a whistle. “wow – i've never seen a ux up close before. may t?"
Indigo Nights- Chapter 19: Unbroken
"long enough for the decade's worth of battle scars you once held with such high regard to transform your face into something unrecognizable.
Voyager: Chapter 2
"gas stoves along with most other things that used gas was outlawed decades ago." something about an energy crisis that had struck the world when the last known natural gas reserve ran dry.
Canis Interstellar
That outpost helped drive the mars colony of new london from a few dozen people, to a few hundred in about a decade through immigration and readily supplying the colony to keep it growing.
Filling the Void - Chapter Twenty-One
Over the past decade, the previous grand negins mal and all their legitimate successors had been assassinated, and they had all been kind, well-liked individuals.
A Patient Death 09: Tradition & Triumph
Why, if we had all the gold in the world we'd have won this war a good three decades ago!" "triumvirate's breath." roland groaned, squeezing his eyes shut. astmoor just _had_ to take niverron _now_, didn't it?
An Introduction
Eventually, it took many decades, but they moved on, leaving our world scared, beaten, broken... but not us.
An End to the Distance
Time seemed to slow as the band turned away, while memories warmly flickered within his mind; now was his chance to end a decade astray, and at last rekindle the ties that bind.