growing old
Example Sentences
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Long-term plans haven't featured in Kseniia's conversations with her husband Mikhail, beyond a few jokes he's made about growing old.
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
The hitch: Major gas basins are growing old, and the country lacks the proper infrastructure to ferry molecules where they are needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
“Only the quiet dignity of growing old in the company of loved ones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
“I feel like I’m preparing myself for it,” Sherman said of growing old.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
He was growing old; he was an old broken man; and she would be young for generations.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
