old woman

Example Sentences

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In a story in “Ladies’ Lunch,” an old woman, disheveled after an outing, looks in a mirror and sees “what Diane Arbus might have seen. She gazed, appalled, and being appalled pricked her interest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

“A grandmother, an old woman like me, alone.”

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

Interestingly differently from the American-Spanish super old woman, who followed a mediterranean diet , the Brazilian supercentenarians refer no food restriction.

From Science Daily • Jan. 8, 2026

The fake videos included one in which an old woman fed apples to a bear, and another in which an unarmed high school student fended off a bear with her bare hands.

From Barron's • Nov. 27, 2025

“The Gestapo says their Führer has more need of them than an old woman walking in gutters running with the rain.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron