elderly
Example Sentences
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The community across the street from the Dimona strike has relocated some of its elderly to a large bomb shelter in a school, where they plan to stay until the end of the war.
"Not only did she care for her children but she cared for others, worked in the health care setting, cared for the elderly," he said.
From BBC
Mr. Hirsch’s character asks, with an elderly person’s focus on potential health crises.
An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.
From Los Angeles Times
He could order in French and exchange pleasantries with an elderly French waiter who seemed to live there.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
