elders

Example Sentences

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“Now that the elders have gone, the younger generation is out of control,” said Alma Rosa Rojo, the head of a group of women who search for missing relatives in Sinaloa.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

JF: Metal respects their elders in a way that’s kind of unheard of in other genres.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

As James Baldwin once said, “Children have never been very good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them.”

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

There is no cure, and the financial costs of caring for elders with dementia is enormous and rising as the population ages.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026

The pallbearers stood in a dark row behind the coffin, like a chorus of elders in a tragedy.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt