autumn of life
Example Sentences
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In his clear, bright eye, his ruddy cheek and benign expression, appeared intelligence, health and goodness, all the beauty of a green old age, all the charm of the fully ripened autumn of life.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
The past, with its dark shadows, sank into oblivion, and to the man who was already approaching the autumn of life sounded joyously the message that every blossom was repeating: Spring is here!
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
Here the Olympians and the Muses, with a grace that we fancy was Greek, lead a dance that traces the story of the spring, summer, and autumn of life.
From The Art of the Moving Picture by Vachel Lindsay
A tall bony woman, in the autumn of life, with sunken eyes and iron-grey hair, rose stiffly from her chair, and saluted the ladies with stern submission as they opened the door.
From The Haunted Hotel by Wilkie Collins
Oh, why are we not as lovely in our autumn of life as nature is in hers?
From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Jenny Wren
