autumn of life

Example Sentences

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Here the Olympians and the Muses, with a grace that we fancy was Greek, lead a dance that traces the story of the spring, summer, and autumn of life.

From The Art of the Moving Picture by Lindsay, Vachel

In their unclouded springtime there is no place for the specters of doubt and fear which too often overshadow the autumn of life.

From Eclectic School Readings: Stories from Life by Marden, Orison Swett

There were several elderly persons, then in the autumn of life, and several were very young folks, scarcely able to walk, who now count many "daughters and sons of beauty."

From The Lieutenant and Commander Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels by Hall, Basil

They had parted in the prime of youthful manhood—they met in the autumn of life; and the snows of winter had prematurely descended upon the head of the miser.

From Mark Hurdlestone Or, The Two Brothers by Moodie, Susanna

It was then nearly the autumn of life with the Colonel, but really and truly he seemed to be growing old gracefully.

From Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat by Stables, Gordon