elderly

Example Sentences

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Many elderly women and young girls also visit the shrine.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

A few hours earlier, while waiting for Wille outside the museum, I encountered an elderly Black man, apparently unhoused, standing on Michigan Avenue.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

Pollution is particularly dangerous to those with existing health problems, the elderly and children.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Mr. Farage pledged that if his party ever wins power, it will keep something called the “triple lock” on benefits as part of the British equivalent to America’s Social Security program for the elderly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

Ophie started to ask Aunt Rose what she meant, but then she saw it: the hazy blue outline around the elderly woman’s body.

From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland