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

Doubtless there are many workmen who follow a more rational course, who are reaping and storing the harvest for the comfort and security of themselves and their families during the winter of life.

From Creating Capital Money-making as an aim in business by Lipman, Frederick L. (Frederic Lockwood)

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

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

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