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

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

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

He had entered upon the winter of life, that sprinkles the head with snow that never melts, but he was still hale, ruddy, and active.

From The Golden Dog by Kirby, William

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