old people's home
Example Sentences
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"Before I die in that old people's home, I would rather go to a meadow and enter eternity that way," said Sister Bernadette.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2025
Originally built as a home for businessman and mill owner Henry Hoyle Hardman, Horncliffe House had also served as an old people's home and a hotel before closing in 2007.
From BBC ● Dec. 13, 2021
One old people's home in Hagen had to be evacuated, while across the region firemen were busy pumping out hundreds of cellars.
From Reuters ● Jul. 14, 2021
In a hostile land, some of her father’s friendships endured; and one of these meant he secured residential care for his disabled brother and sister in an old people’s home.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 24, 2018
“In an old people’s home probably,” she said.
From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway
