elderly
Example Sentences
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Mr. Hirsch’s character asks, with an elderly person’s focus on potential health crises.
An elderly man is tasked with burning the inmates’ letters to Stalin pleading to have their appeals heard.
From Los Angeles Times
He could order in French and exchange pleasantries with an elderly French waiter who seemed to live there.
From Los Angeles Times
Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.
From Los Angeles Times
Your elderly relative could also set up a trust for your daughter and deposit money into it, with instructions that she won’t receive full access until a specific age, say 25.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.