dying race

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But the Navajo weren’t the dying race Curtis had them pegged for.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2015

To a political opponent, the slight, ascetic Bratteli was "one of a dying race of social democrats who came from a poor background and made his way through the hard sweat of his own labor."

From Time Magazine Archive

As social worker and Government man, John Collier has indignantly stood out against the prevailing U.S. opinion that the Indians are not only shiftless ne'er-do-wells but also a decadent, dying race.

From Time Magazine Archive

This rude old-fashioned drama comes of a dying race.

From Time Magazine Archive

He knew from Loketh that the Wreckers had deemed the Foanna few in number, an old and dying race.

From Key Out of Time by Norton, Andre