at the age of

idiom

: at the time of being a specified age
He joined the company at the age of 35.

Examples of at the age of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Winehouse died from accidental alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27. Gabrielle Rockson, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024 Shields, who died in 2003 at the age of 68, was best known for The Stone Diaries. Elizabeth Blair, NPR, 9 Apr. 2024 He was sentenced at the age of 27 for beating his pregnant girlfriend, resulting in the premature birth of their child who died a month later from his injuries. Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024 The Real Housewives of Orange County alum wrote a moving post about his death at the age of 35 on March 31. Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 6 Apr. 2024 While there is no single best age to start using anti-aging skincare ingredients, most people should begin an anti-aging skincare regimen at the age of 20. Leslie Baumann, Miami Herald, 6 Apr. 2024 Decades later, at the age of 40, Mr. Chappell’s son Stephen was diagnosed with a rare kind of mucinous cancer that began in his appendix and spread throughout his abdomen. Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2024 Since his death in 1961, at the age of 36, Fanon’s concepts have provided intellectual ballast and moral justification for actions that most people would simply describe as terror. Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024 Former Kansas Jayhawks basketball men’s basketball player Walt Wesley, a two-time consensus All-America center who played in the NBA for 10 seasons, has died at the age of 79, Kansas Athletics has confirmed. Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2024

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“At the age of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20age%20of. Accessed 17 Apr. 2024.

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