How to Use at the age of in a Sentence

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  • He was fast-tracked into the senior side at the age of just 17.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • A lot of people would leave a band at the age of 25 and that would be it, the career would be over.
    Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Consider Sinéad O'Connor, who died this week at the age of 56.
    Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 July 2023
  • Mark Cuban started his first venture at the age of 12 to sell garbage bags.
    Dileep Rao, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The truth is that most celebrities are having something done–even at the age of 31.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • During production, Lee died at the age of 28 when he was shot by a prop gun on the set of the film.
    Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Alas, Mozart died that same year at the age of 35 before finishing the piece.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The young mother from North Carolina took home the title at the age of 20.
    Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 1 May 2024
  • Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter of The Band, has died at the age of 80.
    Spin Staff, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Her friend died at the age of 64 from a drug overdose, a needle found under her bed.
    The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
  • According to the Indy Star, Pollard’s dad Pearl, who was 6-foot-8, died at the age of 54.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Charlie Munger, the right-hand man of Warren Buffett, died Tuesday at the age of 99.
    Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Ever since his debut at the age of 15, he’s been charting his own unique course.
    Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The tribute comes three years after Rivera died at the age of 33 after drowning in Lake Piru, Calif.
    Stephen Daw, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Wahl died at the age of 49 in December while covering the World Cup in Qatar due to an aortic aneurysm.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • Banks, who died, of cancer, last year, at the age of eighty-two, published more than twenty books, most of them novels.
    Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Negishi’s death was announced this week, at the age of 100, which means a century of making the world a louder, more tone-deaf place.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks) who played on the country act’s first three albums, has died at the age of 65.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Simpson, the football player and actor acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, died on April 10 at the age of 76.
    Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • McVie died in November at the age of 79 following a brief illness.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 13 July 2023
  • But her life changed when she was diagnosed with scoliosis at the age of 14.
    Anika Nayak, STAT, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The 35-year-old hitmaker shared that her dog, Pooka, passed away on Christmas Eve at the age of 18 in a series of posts on social media.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Tina Turner, whose musical career spanned over five decades, died on Wednesday at the age of 83.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
  • The rapper’s only daughter was diagnosed with lupus at the age of 6.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The seasoned actor passed away at the age of 61, due to an illness on Monday, as confirmed by his publicist.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 13 Dec. 2023
  • O'Connor died Wednesday at the age of 56, according to a statement from her family.
    Annasofia Scheve, The Enquirer, 27 July 2023
  • On Friday afternoon, news broke that the beloved actor Carl Weathers had died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 76.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The pop-rap star took to social media over the weekend to share a pair of photos of herself dressed as the late rock n’ roll icon, who died earlier this year at the age of 83.
    Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 29 Oct. 2023
  • For qualified public safety workers, the rule of 55 starts even earlier at the age of 50.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • Notably, the film captures Pearson’s return to the stage at the age of 63 in Las Vegas for a final competition.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023

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