midlife

noun mid·life \ ˈmid-ˈlīf \

|Updated on: 15 Jul 2018

Examples: midlife in a Sentence

Definition of midlife

: middle age

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midlife

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Examples of midlife in a Sentence

changes that occur at midlife

Recent Examples of midlife from the Web

One of the most memorable gifts of my midlife was when my husband gave me the first iPod in 2001.

— nancy baym, WIRED, "Book Excerpt: How Music Fans Built the Internet," 10 July 2018
This essay is part of an occasional series provided by our partner organization Encore.org, which created the Generation to Generation (Gen2Gen) campaign, inviting those in midlife and beyond to connect with young people who need champions.

— baltazar villalba, The Christian Science Monitor, "He dreamed of teaching children with a background like his own," 13 June 2018
Few females seem to escape a midlife waistline expansion as body fat redistributes and visceral fat pushes out our bellies.

— New York Times, "The Dangers of Belly Fat," 11 June 2018
So the rise in mortality for white midlife people in America since the late 1990s is actually the final stage of a decades-long process.

— julia belluz, Vox, "Anthony Bourdain’s death is one in a growing public health tragedy," 8 June 2018
Change can be unnerving, especially for Americans in midlife or mid-career, or considering a second or even third profession (that’s you, baby boomers).

— erin arvedlund, Philly.com, "Put me in, life coach! How to stop freaking out and envision your next step," 7 June 2018
Reaching midlife often puts these questions to rest, according to new data collected by the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

— barbara brody, Woman's Day, "The Best Things About Getting Older," 2 Dec. 2014
Argentina is also probing whether there were irregularities in sub’s midlife retrofitting that was carried out between 2008 and 2014.

— Washington Post, "Russia ends search of missing Argentina submarine," 4 Apr. 2018
While projection is common at any age, de Marneffe says this approach’s fallout can become more toxic as the years pass, with midlife a common crisis point.

— ada calhoun, The Cut, "What We Mean When We Say Marriage Is ‘Work’," 22 Jan. 2018

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