autumn of life

Example Sentences

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Miss Pratt was an old maid; but that is a no more definite description than if I had said she was in the autumn of life.

From Scenes of Clerical Life by Eliot, George

It was then nearly the autumn of life with the Colonel, but really and truly he seemed to be growing old gracefully.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon

They had parted in the prime of youthful manhood—they met in the autumn of life; and the snows of winter had prematurely descended upon the head of the miser.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna

A tall bony woman, in the autumn of life, with sunken eyes and iron-grey hair, rose stiffly from her chair, and saluted the ladies with stern submission as they opened the door.

From The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie

Oh, why are we not as lovely in our autumn of life as nature is in hers?

From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Wren, Jenny