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
"I'm an old woman, and struggle to walk… but I am forced to carry a bucket to where the municipal tankers park, if I want to have water in my home."
From BBC • Feb. 3, 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
Farmer says to them, speaking of the old woman in the house, “You love her a lot? Do you tell her? Don’t lie to me now.”
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
