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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Gadiano worked in the fields off and on from childhood into middle age.
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Kerry Klein, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
The interviewer is an unnamed writer in early middle age, the usual Lerner proxy.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Studies suggest that starting in middle age, nerve cells in the locus coeruleus may get damaged by tau buildup, and that damage may correlate with declines in memory.
—Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Many pop stars mellow into stately eminence in middle age, as Madonna (temporarily) did in her late 30s with 1998’s Ray of Light.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
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Kerry Klein, NPR, 31 Mar. 2026
The interviewer is an unnamed writer in early middle age, the usual Lerner proxy.
—Giles Harvey, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Studies suggest that starting in middle age, nerve cells in the locus coeruleus may get damaged by tau buildup, and that damage may correlate with declines in memory.
—Elizabeth Riley, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
Many pop stars mellow into stately eminence in middle age, as Madonna (temporarily) did in her late 30s with 1998’s Ray of Light.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for middle age
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“Middle age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/middle%20age. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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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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