elderly person

Example Sentences

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I say that on behalf of your aunt, but also for every other vulnerable elderly person who could do with a nephew like you.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

The found that a brand could risk seeming like a bully if it appropriated a comment from someone who seems vulnerable, like an elderly person.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

"An elderly person living permanently in a village has a perfect right to be there but is not hiring paddleboards and kayaks, or going to restaurants," he says.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Disaster official Danilo Atienza said an elderly person had also died by drowning in southern Leyte province.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Agatha Swanburne was long dead, of course, although she had lived to be a very elderly person indeed.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood