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

It is true Dhyana that makes us bloom and smile, while the winter of life covets us with frost and snow.

From The Religion of the Samurai A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan by Nukariya, Kaiten

But children have reason, instead of instinct, to guide them; and should be industrious in childhood and youth, in gathering the sweets of knowledge and virtue for spiritual sustenance in the winter of life.

From Our Gift by Teachers of the School Street Universalist Sunday School, Boston

This is surely a grand provision for old age, a life insurance worthy of the name, a home for the winter of life, and a blessed assurance with regard to one's eternity.

From The Shepherd Psalm A Meditation by Evans, William

In the rock's gloomy crevice the bright holly grows: The ivy waves fresh o'er the withering rose, And the evergreen love of a virtuous wife Soothes the roughness of care—cheers the winter of life.

From From John O'Groats to Land's End by Naylor, Robert