growing old
Example Sentences
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About 40 miles away in Tavistock, Francesca Cassini, 70, and her group of friends, aged between 50 and 85, are meeting to discuss their own project aimed at growing old together in co-housing.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
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
“Only the quiet dignity of growing old in the company of loved ones.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2025
“I feel like I’m preparing myself for it,” Sherman said of growing old.
From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2024
The boy learned that the liquid part of the Master Work was called the Elixir of Life, and that it cured all illnesses; it also kept the alchemist from growing old.
From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho
