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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Hollywood’s leading performers, venturing into the dark vale of middle age, have often been kindly treated by directors of photography, if not by screenwriters.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
The Golden Girls is about deep friendship and the (still groundbreaking) specific experience of life for women beyond middle age.
—Beth Nguyen, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Isaac stars as both the middle ages poet Dante Alighieri and modern-day author Nick Tosches, the latter of which is drawn into a dangerous quest when a handwritten manuscript of The Divine Comedy resurfaces via the Vatican and lands in the hands of a New York mob boss.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Ages ranged from early 20s to late middle age.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2025
The Golden Girls is about deep friendship and the (still groundbreaking) specific experience of life for women beyond middle age.
—Beth Nguyen, Time, 13 Sep. 2025
Isaac stars as both the middle ages poet Dante Alighieri and modern-day author Nick Tosches, the latter of which is drawn into a dangerous quest when a handwritten manuscript of The Divine Comedy resurfaces via the Vatican and lands in the hands of a New York mob boss.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
Ages ranged from early 20s to late middle age.
—Tamar Jacoby, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
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 20 Sep. 2025.
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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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