elderly

Example Sentences

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"What concerns me is, there must be elderly people in these homes who don't have families to fight their corner. So what's happening to them?"

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Pollution is particularly dangerous to those with existing health problems, the elderly and children.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Postal delays can affect ballots mailed by elderly voters, rural voters, or voters who lack reliable transportation to polling places.

From Slate • Mar. 31, 2026

Mr. Hirsch’s character asks, with an elderly person’s focus on potential health crises.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Nobody could doubt he spoke the truth; he was already old and wise when the most elderly among them was a blind hairless mite, puling and whimpering for a feed from its mother.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques