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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Over the last 10 years, a growing number of American women — and particularly women in middle age — have reported binge-drinking, Dr. Keyes said.
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Dani Blum, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Even in middle age, being on good terms with our siblings continues to strongly correlate with our mental and physical well-being, especially during life transitions like a divorce or caring for ailing parents.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Thanks to growing pressure on the industry to improve representation, women of and above middle age have become a more commonplace sight on the runway.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Black women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 may have triple the risk of having a stroke by middle age, new data suggests.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Sixty-two is a point in life that many of us would term middle age: hardly a moment to hang it all up.
—Daniel De Visé, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2024
Two people find each other in middle age, and build a beautiful later life together that is documented here with grace, humor and honesty.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The findings are at odds with much previous research into wellbeing, which found happiness highest in childhood and early teens, before falling to its lowest in middle age, then rising around retirement.
—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
The findings are at odds with much previous research into well-being, which found happiness highest in childhood and early teens, before falling to its lowest in middle age, then rising around retirement.
—David Milliken, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
Dani Blum, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
Even in middle age, being on good terms with our siblings continues to strongly correlate with our mental and physical well-being, especially during life transitions like a divorce or caring for ailing parents.
—Yuki Noguchi, NPR, 2 Apr. 2024
Thanks to growing pressure on the industry to improve representation, women of and above middle age have become a more commonplace sight on the runway.
—Elizabeth Paton, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Black women who develop high blood pressure before age 35 may have triple the risk of having a stroke by middle age, new data suggests.
—Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 1 Feb. 2024
Sixty-two is a point in life that many of us would term middle age: hardly a moment to hang it all up.
—Daniel De Visé, The Enquirer, 27 Jan. 2024
Two people find each other in middle age, and build a beautiful later life together that is documented here with grace, humor and honesty.
—Lise Pedersen, Variety, 22 Mar. 2024
The findings are at odds with much previous research into wellbeing, which found happiness highest in childhood and early teens, before falling to its lowest in middle age, then rising around retirement.
—Fox News, 20 Mar. 2024
The findings are at odds with much previous research into well-being, which found happiness highest in childhood and early teens, before falling to its lowest in middle age, then rising around retirement.
—David Milliken, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Mar. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of middle age was
in the 14th century
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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Kids Definition
middle age
noun
: the period of life from about 45 to about 64
middle-aged
adjective
ˌmid-ᵊl-ˈājd
Medical Definition
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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