Examples of middle age in a Sentence
as our generation approaches middle age
The patient was in late middle age.
He feared the approach of middle age.
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The average person gains 1 to 2 pounds every year from young adulthood through middle age, and in many cases, that weight gain can be traced back to the holidays.
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Arika Herron, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Coldplay has always overflowed with earnestness, and that desire to hug the world has only amplified as singer Chris Martin and his kindred spirit bandmates march deeper into middle age.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Never a great swimmer, an editor for The Times’s Well desk praises the benefits of taking lessons in middle age.
—Emma Yasinski, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, a new study from dozens of researchers across the country found that women, particularly those in middle age, have a higher risk of developing long COVID than men, muddying the medical water further.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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Arika Herron, Axios, 27 Nov. 2024
Coldplay has always overflowed with earnestness, and that desire to hug the world has only amplified as singer Chris Martin and his kindred spirit bandmates march deeper into middle age.
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2024
Never a great swimmer, an editor for The Times’s Well desk praises the benefits of taking lessons in middle age.
—Emma Yasinski, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
Now, a new study from dozens of researchers across the country found that women, particularly those in middle age, have a higher risk of developing long COVID than men, muddying the medical water further.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
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middle age
noun
mid·dle age
ˌmid-ᵊl-ˈāj 
: the period of life from about 45 to about 64 years of age
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