senility

Example Sentences

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But don’t count on it to ward off senility.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2023

Colin, an unemployed man in his 50s, and his mother, Barbara, teetering on the edge of senility, have lived in Room 4 for nearly a year, trying to fend off impending indignity.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2023

He has been accused of senility, stupidity and a wide spectrum of other incompetencies.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

In the distorted mirrors of social media commentary, every slip is magnified into supposed proof of senility.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2022

Even though his wife and the kook claimed that the senility routine was a front, he doubted that she would be able to write a letter like that.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole