autumn of life
Example Sentences
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It was then nearly the autumn of life with the Colonel, but really and truly he seemed to be growing old gracefully.
From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon
But the probability was, that a man, advancing towards the autumn of life, and determined to marry, would rather recede from his engagement and seek another mate, than run the risk of such indefinite delay.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 1 by Various
In their unclouded springtime there is no place for the specters of doubt and fear which too often overshadow the autumn of life.
From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Marden, Orison Swett
He did not yet seem to have passed beyond the autumn of life.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Bird, Robert Montgomery
I passed the spring, summer, and autumn of life among the trees.
From The Prairie by Cooper, James Fenimore
