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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Dressed in jeans, a buttoned shirt, and a baseball cap, Habib gave off the confident air of an American military officer in late middle age.
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Over the course of a lifetime, happiness tends to start out high early in adulthood and decline in middle age, only to rise later in life.
—Deena Mousa, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
Given the study’s focus on dietary patterns in middle age, Tessier says that future research could focus on the potential impacts of switching to a healthier dietary pattern even later in life.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2024
The grim pattern has persisted for years and is totally different from that among U.S. women, for whom suicide rates rise in middle age and then fall.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
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Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
Over the course of a lifetime, happiness tends to start out high early in adulthood and decline in middle age, only to rise later in life.
—Deena Mousa, Scientific American, 12 July 2024
Given the study’s focus on dietary patterns in middle age, Tessier says that future research could focus on the potential impacts of switching to a healthier dietary pattern even later in life.
—Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 2 July 2024
The grim pattern has persisted for years and is totally different from that among U.S. women, for whom suicide rates rise in middle age and then fall.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 June 2024
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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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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