advancing years
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Place this alongside Horace in one of his “Epistles”: “The advancing years rob us of every thing: they have taken away my mirth, my gallantry, my revelings, and play.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
A hearing test revealed mild loss in high frequencies, which was possibly age-related—she is in her early 60s, and some difficulty with these frequencies often comes with advancing years.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
He finds Pádraic dull and, in his advancing years, he figures he has no more time for dullness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023
On 11 February 2013, he told his cardinals that he would leave office on account of his advancing years and continued ill health.
From BBC • Dec. 31, 2022
Partly in recognition of his advancing years, in 1617 Galileo moved to a fine villa—almost a palace—known as Bellosguardo, on a hill to the west of Florence.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
