old person

Example Sentences

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And yet they just don't have that thing that the old person has, right?

From Salon • Apr. 8, 2024

Until that moment I saw myself as coping well with my Parkinson's and definitely not as an old person.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

This presumes that the only thing that is different between a young person and an old person is their age when, in fact, that’s not quite true.

From Scientific American • Jun. 21, 2023

I think that if you can make a baby laugh and you can make an old person laugh, you’re funny.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

Watching an old person cry is not the same as watching a young person cry.

From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos