old age

Example Sentences

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We all know we are supposed to put something away for a rainy day, including our old age, it is just hard to find the money.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

This trend is simply the logical decision by those who no longer worry so much about who is going to take care of them in old age.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

“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

‘Most rabbits here die of old age, unless the Owsla kill them off,’ she said.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams