advancing years
Example Sentences
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Place this alongside Horace in one of his “Epistles”: “The advancing years rob us of every thing: they have taken away my mirth, my gallantry, my revelings, and play.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
Sentencing him, Judge Andrew Menary KC said: "Your advancing years plainly did not prevent you from playing an active part in a disturbance on County Road."
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2024
A hearing test revealed mild loss in high frequencies, which was possibly age-related—she is in her early 60s, and some difficulty with these frequencies often comes with advancing years.
From Scientific American • Aug. 18, 2023
He finds Pádraic dull and, in his advancing years, he figures he has no more time for dullness.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2023
A woman of advancing years came into my room.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
