winter of life
Example Sentences
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And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
In the rock's gloomy crevice the bright holly grows: The ivy waves fresh o'er the withering rose, And the evergreen love of a virtuous wife Soothes the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.
From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert
One finds in them the friendship and feelings of that winter of life.
From Napoleon's Letters to Josephine by Hall, Henry Foljambe
He had entered upon the winter of life, that sprinkles the head with snow that never melts, but he was still hale, ruddy, and active.
From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William
Could he meet the winter of life as well as the summer?
From Nature's Serial Story by Roe, Edward Payson
