old age

Example Sentences

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Retirees constantly say, when asked, that they are afraid of running out of money in their old age.

From MarketWatch

A Kenyan elephant believed to have been one of Africa's largest male tuskers has died of old age.

From BBC

Miller seems unaware that the internet, which he used for his rant, is a post-1960s creation, and that Martin and Sinatra died of old age, not immigration.

From Salon

The liver can produce large amounts of protein even in old age.

From Science Daily

The definitional creep of what we now consider middle age—pushed back, perhaps, because of the increasing delay in starting families—means that it often overlaps with the territory of old age.

From The Wall Street Journal