Examples of “ages” in a Sentence

noun A very long period of time.

• It'll be ages until/before we meet again.
• haven't seen them in ages
• I haven't seen my cousin for ages, so we have lots to catch up on.
• haven't seen them for ages
• It took ages to find a parking space near the station.
• The kettle takes ages to boil on this old cooker.

noun The long span of time covered by the history of the universe, the Earth, or people.

• Rocks in this valley were slowly shaped by wind and water over the ages.
• The museum shows how tools changed through the ages.
• Legends of the hidden city have been passed down through the ages.