How to Use late in life in a Sentence

late in life

phrase
  • My brother and his wife, somewhat late in life, now have three kids.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 14 Dec. 2022
  • One of the nice things about getting married so late in life is the guest list sure is small!
    Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 1 June 2024
  • The list of artists who made new and vibrant work late in life is astounding.
    Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
  • From birth to late in life, your birthday could trigger a change in tax status.
    Medora Lee, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Trump was a celebrity outsider who became a politician late in life.
    Joel Mathis, The Week, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Christy Vincent came out as gay fairly late in life, at the age of 39.
    David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 10 Apr. 2024
  • This leaves many fans wondering why the actor chose to have children so late in life in the first place.
    Annabelle Canela, Parents, 20 Feb. 2025
  • His father was a closeted gay man who came out very late in life, then passed away at the age of 80.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2026
  • Admittedly, a roadblock to lifting weights late in life is achy joints.
    Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Stoppard is not the first major playwright to pen a revealing bookend late in life.
    Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Kennedy mostly stays at home these days and, this late in life, doesn’t expect the recognition she’s been denied.
    Scott Brown, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Kruger Dunn told the audience he had been diagnosed on the spectrum late in life.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2024
  • People who carried debt over time reported worse physical health late in life.
    Bill Hardekopf, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021
  • One of the most beautiful songs ever written, this late in life love song is a full movie or novel in five minutes.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
  • But there is something so tender and loving about seeing the emotional power in force of late in life.
    Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
  • Stepping into the role of a caregiver late in life has been a journey of learning and adaptation.
    Eleanore Catolico, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Some lawyers recommend doing a background check before marrying late in life.
    Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Lots of things can be scary, including falling in love, having your secrets exposed or forging a new career late in life.
    Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Sweet Sue is an intimate comedy-drama that delves into finding love late in life.
    Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 May 2022
  • The artist began painting relatively late in life for that era, starting in his early 30s.
    Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The book will explore Shannon's family life and her relationship with her father, who came out late in life.
    Rachel Yang, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • In one of her memoirs, Keaton wrote about aging and love in Hollywood and becoming a parent late in life.
    Mandalit Del Barco, NPR, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The book tells the story of Dawson’s life, from segregation and the civil rights movement to learning to read late in life.
    Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The lack of proper planning could leave millions exposed to financial difficulties late in life.
    Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
  • Lloyd, who was born in a seaside town on England’s southern coast, started his tattoo habit relatively late in life.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Good education early in life can reduce the risk; so can socializing with friends and family late in life.
    Joel Mathis, theweek, 14 Aug. 2024
  • But the project will take many years to complete; a team of researchers will study the guide dogs until their retirement, to watch for diseases that develop late in life.
    Sabrina Weiss, Wired, 6 Dec. 2021
  • This increase in amyloid was consistent regardless of whether the onset of the mother’s symptoms was early or late in life.
    Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 26 June 2024
  • Such stars can grow puffy late in life and blow off lingering shells of gas and dust from their outer atmospheres well in advance of expiring as supernovae.
    Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 21 July 2023
  • Forti began gaining greater notoriety late in life and into her 80s.
    Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'late in life.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: