golden years

Example Sentences

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It has been two years since families who were happily planning futures or settling into their golden years had everything cruelly yanked away by an enemy they could not prepare for: COVID-19.

From Seattle Times

“They say these are the golden years / But I wish I could disappear / Ego crush is so severe / God, it’s brutal out here.”

From Los Angeles Times

The result is that they’re not living their best life, actually getting the gold out of their golden years, because they spend too little of the money they amass.

From Seattle Times

“But it’s not how I was going to spend my golden years.”

From New York Times

In suggesting therapy recently, I contrasted how each of us is likely to live out our "golden years."

From Washington Post