elderly

Example Sentences

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My elderly neighbor and friend of 5 years left me her $1 million home.

From MarketWatch • May 28, 2026

Between arguments with her overprotective mother, Jersey, Ali finds solace learning to play the piano under the tutelage of Miss Liza Jane, an elderly tenant in the family’s subsidized artist housing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Inside, time seemed to move differently: tennis whites drying beneath the afternoon sun, bridge rooms carrying the faint smell of cigarettes and talcum powder, elderly members reading newspapers beneath slow ceiling fans.

From BBC • May 25, 2026

They delivered the Menin gene directly into the hypothalamus of elderly mice that were about 20 months old, roughly equivalent to late-life aging in humans.

From Science Daily • May 24, 2026

Perhaps the elderly woman was a Double-Talk Folk, after all, telling Ophie to avoid the dead while she left sweets for her husband.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland