Thesaurus results for DOTAGE

dotage

noun

ˈdō-tij

as in senility

the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things

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Recent Examples on the Web The generations of theatergoers who grew up on book musicals, replete with original songs that were written in a distinctive Broadway style, with roots in operetta and Tin Pan Alley, are in their dotage now. —

Peter Marks, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022 The passions of youth wobbled within a body run to seed; the simple pleasures of Elvis in the youth of his golden Sun recordings flowered into the sickly extravagance of Elvis in his lusting, swollen Vegas dotage. —

Dominic Green, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022 Barry Bonds, however he was mysteriously fueled in his dotage, was amazing. —

Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022 Trevorrow is able to mine from individual action sequences, how tame even T. rex now seems in its late-franchise dotage. —

Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2022 See all Example Sentences for dotage

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