How to Use centenarian in a Sentence

centenarian

noun

• Half of centenarians have a gene that taps the brakes on height and weight.
  — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 11 July 2024
• Alonzo, Smith and the rest of the centenarian crew all like to be on-the-go and be out and about, according to staff.
  — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
• As far as the secret to living to be 104, the centenarian doesn’t have a clue.
  — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
• The centenarian is seen using her walker to make her way to the curb to watch the parade.
  — Fox News, 6 Apr. 2020
• The stocky, white-haired centenarian in dress shirt and wheelchair laughed and laughed.
  — Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2022
• The species was more common in centenarians, and low in mice with progeria.
  — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 29 July 2019
• Among the deceased was the county’s second centenarian to fall victim to the virus.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 20 Aug. 2020
• On the opposite end of the spectrum are the centenarians.
  — Carole Landry, New York Times, 10 May 2020
• The notion that there are centenarians with 80-year-old kids?
  — Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
• The goal of the research is the development of drugs that would imitate what the centenarians’ genes do to protect their health.
  — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
• Exactly how long centenarians live may simply be a roll of the dice each year.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 28 June 2018
• The centenarian became the oldest person to score a No. 1 hit single in the U.K. music charts, and wrote children’s books.
  — Shafi Musaddique, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Mar. 2021
• Staff at the nursing home obliged the centenarian's request and took a photo of her enjoying the beer, which has gone viral.
  — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 29 May 2020
• Of those who make it to 100, only a tiny fraction of centenarians have siblings still alive, much less one who is their senior.
  — Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
• For this centenarian, gratitude for the good things in life has seen her through its trials – and leaves her counting her blessings to this day.
  — Maisie Sparks, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2021
• Golden Rule and the Bright Star in Bessemer are centenarians.
  — Eric Velasco, al, 12 Mar. 2020
• Family and friends surprised the beloved centenarian with a party complete with a drive-by from a firetruck.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 June 2021
• The centenarian was charged with complicity in the murder of more than 3,500 inmates at the Sachsenhausen camp on the outskirts of Berlin.
  — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2021
• Strangers were often surprised to learn the stylish centenarian's age.
  — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
• Imagine having the option to have the life experience of a centenarian with a 24 year-old’s health and vigor.
  — Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2010
• Now, the centenarian can continue to get behind the wheel until at least 2024, when the license expires.
  — Wyatte Grantham-Philips, USA TODAY, 9 June 2022
• One of the rules of ikigai is to stay active and not retire, and many centenarians, especially those living in the world’s blue zones, never do.
  — Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 July 2024
• This is what a date between a centenarian and someone born in the run-up to Y2K would actually look like — sorry, Bella.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 25 Mar. 2021
• Her family said the centenarian has a life-long passion for learning and has passed that along to her children and grandchildren.
  — cleveland, 18 May 2020
• In one survey, a quarter of centenarians said keeping a positive attitude topped the list of ways to stay healthy.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
• In the last three decades alone, the U.S. centenarian population has nearly tripled.
  — Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• Poll workers, too, gave the centenarian a warm welcome.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Safaii-Waite and Linja also have been researching centenarians around the globe to learn more about diet and longevity.
  — Seanne Safaii-Waite, idahostatesman, 19 June 2017
• Their meeting had been pre-arranged between Garza and the man's caregiver, but was a total surprise for the centenarian.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 29 Sep. 2022
• Centenarians always seem to have their tricks: fresh air, kindness, city strolls, sushi, cheese, sherry, pigs’ ears, or in Emma Morano’s case, raw eggs.
  — Adrienne Lafrance, The Atlantic, 13 May 2017

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024