How to Use octogenarian in a Sentence

octogenarian

noun

• Octogenarians, teenagers, amputees and even a blind man have reached the top of the world.
  — Manveena Suri and Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 28 May 2017
• The new year promises to be a busy one for the octogenarian.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• The reign of the octogenarians is a risky bet for a democracy.
  — Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2023
• The hostages on the fliers range from infants to octogenarians.
  — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Some have done it without oxygen. Octogenarians, teenagers, amputees and even a blind man have reached the top of the world.
  — Manveena Suri and Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 28 May 2017
• The series begins with an episode on Tomanetz, the silver-haired octogenarian with the bowlegged gait and the soft Texas drawl.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2020
• One octogenarian sent a box of items, the postage of which likely cost more than the items themselves, Culver said.
  — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 10 Oct. 2022
• The drummer became the first octogenarian in the band with his birthday last month.
  — Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune, 22 July 2021
• There are a homeless man who lives in the park and a group of octogenarians camped in expensive motor homes, who don’t quite fit.
  — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 15 Dec. 2019
• By the end of this year, Japan’s court is expected to decide whether or not to grant the octogenarian a retrial.
  — Takehiko Kambayashi, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 May 2023
• The event ushered in a wave of anxiety in the form of finding the perfect gift for an active octogenarian.
  — WIRED, 14 Nov. 2022
• There were octogenarians with bad hips, short people who couldn’t see a thing, etc.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 30 May 2018
• But not Tetyana Tokar, an octogenarian with a scrap-of-cloth headscarf.
  — Various Staff Writers, Special Correspondents, and Special Contributors, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Dec. 2023
• An octogenarian who could do 50 push-ups and 4-minute planks?
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2021
• Four months ago, Lois Sharp was an active octogenarian who cared for her son Jerry, who had suffered a stroke a few years ago.
  — Shari Rudavsky, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2020
• The only character missing from the reunion is Doris (the late Margaret John), a horny octogenarian who used to hit on Gavin.
  — The Economist, 26 Dec. 2019
• The patients, ranging from teenagers to octogenarians, are on 8W and 8E because of a heart attack, heart surgery or heart failure.
  — oregonlive, 24 Dec. 2019
• And, no, the strain of coaching an entire year in a global pandemic has not scared or soured this octogenarian.
  — Mark Craig, Star Tribune, 1 Feb. 2021
• And in one moment, the octogenarian planted a sweet kiss on Feeney’s forehead.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• And while some robust octogenarians have many years ahead of them, studies show that surgery is also common among those who are far more frail.
  — Liz Szabo, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
• There’s also the issue of ageism, which she’s been facing as an octogenarian.
  — Ilana Kaplan, Town & Country, 18 June 2021
• Gottschild has curled with both tweens and octogenarians.
  — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 6 Feb. 2018
• And there's an annoying surplus of youthful energy, from the CU-Boulder students to the octogenarians who pass you on the bike path.
  — Melanie D.g. Kaplan, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
• But one of the hottest jazz outfits currently touring is also one of the oldest: the Cookers, a septet that features four octogenarians.
  — Noah Schaffer, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
• Yes, there have been a number of octogenarians who have served as leaders of other countries.
  — Ed Kilgore, Daily Intelligencer, 5 July 2017
• As many as seven octogenarians may be among the hostages, including Yaffa Adar, who is eighty-five.
  — Steve Coll, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
• Two years ago, the youngster’s mother would drive him to meet the octogenarian at Brookdale Shavano Park for weekly matches.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 9 May 2022
• Ruth Whitfield was the octogenarian who cared for her ailing husband with love and patience.
  — Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
• Why would people of all ages want an octogenarian to host the nation’s premier late night comedy show?
  — Joseph Coughlin, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• Sanders sought to contrast herself, the youngest governor in the nation, with Biden, an octogenarian.
  — Colby Itkowitz, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024