elders
Example Sentences
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“In the beginning there was nothing but Spider Woman,” say Navajo and Pueblo elders.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
The scandal is especially egregious because widows and widowers are disproportionately among the poorest elders.
From MarketWatch • May 1, 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
Like the crawl of a black snake, they wound their way beneath tall white sycamores, black gums, birches, and box elders.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
