old age

Example Sentences

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“Americans are notoriously bad savers. Large numbers are reaching old age too poor to finance retirements that could last longer than they worked,” the authors of the report wrote.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

In these experiments, early mechanical damage in the worms eventually led to fatal infections in old age.

From Science Daily • May 22, 2026

Only Patrick lived to old age — 84 — dying in 1861 in the home where he had served for 41 years.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

But neither gets to the deeper problem: Chinese households still feel they need to save heavily against illness, unemployment, old age, and the cost of raising children.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

My grandfather had died the year before, of old age.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago