autumn of life
Example Sentences
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But the autumn of life comes, and the brae grows steeper; then the winter, and once again we are as the child pausing apprehensively on the brig.
From A Window in Thrums by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
Women, too, had their successes in the autumn of life.
From The Man Who Laughs by Hugo, Victor
God bless the dear head! and crown it with years Untroubled and calmly serene; That the autumn of life more golden may be For the heats and the storms that have been.
From Three Unpublished Poems by Alcott, Louisa May
In the trefoil of this happy marriage, she was the first leaf which faded away in the autumn of life.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Carlyle, Thomas
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
