ripe old age
noun
: a very old age
They both lived to a ripe old age.
—sometimes used humorouslyShe decided at the ripe old age of 23 that she'd learned all there was to know about human nature.
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Spock died in 1998, six years before his teammate, at the ripe old age of 94.
George S. Patton, Army general and modern pentathlete
In the early 1900s, George S. Patton was a mediocre West Point student who struggled with everything from reading to math.
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Rosemary Counter, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Adam is reported to have lived to the ripe old age of 930, Methuselah to 969.
—David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
Can — at the ripe old age of 25 — had been judged and weighed by soccer’s elite, and found wanting.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
So even with the pain of a 25-22 Super Bowl LVIII overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on his mind, Purdy is healthy and in the prime of his career at the ripe old age of 24.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
It’s persisted and resisted for more than 2,775 years, and even at this ripe old age, Rome is still evolving.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Mountcastle is the most experienced player in the house at the ripe old age of 27.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
That's something Percy is wrestling with at the ripe old age of 17.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
And Henry Kissinger, who parlayed his writings on history and diplomacy into a political career that reshaped the global order at the cost of many thousands of lives, died Wednesday at the ripe old age of 100.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
Rosemary Counter, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
Adam is reported to have lived to the ripe old age of 930, Methuselah to 969.
—David Holahan, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2024
Can — at the ripe old age of 25 — had been judged and weighed by soccer’s elite, and found wanting.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 31 May 2024
So even with the pain of a 25-22 Super Bowl LVIII overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on his mind, Purdy is healthy and in the prime of his career at the ripe old age of 24.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 22 May 2024
It’s persisted and resisted for more than 2,775 years, and even at this ripe old age, Rome is still evolving.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2024
Mountcastle is the most experienced player in the house at the ripe old age of 27.
—Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
That's something Percy is wrestling with at the ripe old age of 17.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 2 Oct. 2023
And Henry Kissinger, who parlayed his writings on history and diplomacy into a political career that reshaped the global order at the cost of many thousands of lives, died Wednesday at the ripe old age of 100.
—Boris Kachka, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2023
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