elderliness

Example Sentences

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Duddy and Fuddy were spirited trotters, but Mrs. Tully, despite her elderliness and avoirdupois, was without timidity when Paula held the reins.

From The Little Lady of the Big House by London, Jack

Now——" "They're both tending to elderliness, I think," interrupted Brent, with a cynical laugh, "but one's never surprised at anything nowadays.

From In the Mayor's Parlour by Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith)

“Gee! that’s an elegant word,” cried Hoosier Pete, a stripling of youthful elderliness.

From The One-Way Trail A story of the cattle country by Cullum, Ridgwell

They posed as types of elderliness that had no personal concern in love-affairs, and could afford to smile at juvenile flirtations.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by De Morgan, William Frend

Long may his industrious elderliness flourish for the good of the world!

From The New Machiavelli by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)