winter of life
Example Sentences
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And I began to feel in the boys a curious, wary, bewildered despair, as though they were now settling in for the long, hard winter of life.
From "The Fire Next Time" by James Baldwin
Never was the illusion of summer in winter, of life in death, more palpable or more perfect.
From Tent Life in Siberia by Kennan, George
She had felt the variable temper of society, and there was a presentiment in the heart, of receding flatteries and the winter of life.
From Stories by American Authors (Volume 4) by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
It is dry and faded and I am old: And the hand that gave it is green with mould, And the winter of life is cold—so cold.
From Yesterdays by Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
I had no use for it myself, for habits don’t change when the winter of life is begun.
From Helen and Arthur or, Miss Thusa's Spinning Wheel by Hentz, Caroline Lee
