old woman
Example Sentences
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In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026
“A grandmother, an old woman like me, alone.”
From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026
Interestingly differently from the American-Spanish super old woman, who followed a mediterranean diet , the Brazilian supercentenarians refer no food restriction.
From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026
The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.
From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025
It made Nhamo’s spirit happy to see the old woman nod her head in time to the music.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
