pensioner

Example Sentences

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“They’re pummeling us every day,” said a woman pensioner sitting among her friends on benches in a leafy courtyard of a Soviet-era apartment block.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

Lilia, a pensioner, recalled giving her infirm husband injections even as her hands and legs trembled during bombardments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

One pensioner in Oldham urged us to keep going, because "nobody cared".

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

"I was a bit stunned," said pensioner Jenica Emanoil, 70.

From Barron's • May 29, 2026

The final addition to the regular group at the farm was Mr. Jelliman, an amiable white pensioner and old friend of the movement who became the farm foreman.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela