growing old
Example Sentences
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Major gas basins are growing old, and the U.S. lacks the proper infrastructure to ferry molecules where they are needed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025
"It's like a dream - I can start thinking about growing old with my husband. That would mean the world to me and my children."
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
His father, divorced, is now growing old in Moscow, estranged from Lockshin and his other children.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2024
“I feel like I’m preparing myself for it,” Sherman said of growing old.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
Tally tried to imagine her growing old, wrinkled, gradually ruined, all without ever having been truly beautiful.
From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld
