midlife crisis
Example Sentences
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American shale producers are in a midlife crisis: They know their best days of growth are behind them.
“That sounds more like a midlife crisis.”
From Literature
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"The real midlife crisis in America isn't about lifestyle choices or sports cars. It's about juggling work, finances, family, and health amid weakening social supports," Infurna said.
From Science Daily
For me, the urge to tame a two-wheeled beast wasn’t some fleeting or idle fantasy—a septuagenarian version of a midlife crisis.
Is this a quiet, weirdly constructive midlife crisis?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.