How to Use at the age of in a Sentence

at the age of

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  • He was pronounced dead on the scene at the age of 67 years old.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
  • The singer Bonnie Tyler died yesterday, at the age of seventy-five.
    — Ian Crouch, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • The illustrator and graphic artist turned filmmaker at the age of 50.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • Lee died on Christmas night last year following a series of cardiac arrests at the age of 35.
    — Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 10 July 2026
  • Paxton died in 2017 at the age of 61 from surgery complications.
    — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • The 11-year-old was diagnosed with an aggressive spinal tumor at the age of three and is paralyzed from the waist down.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Taylor died due to complications from a heart attack in 2019 at the age of 80.
    — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 30 June 2026
  • Monsignor Buh died the vicar general of the diocese in 1922 at the age of 88.
    — Vivian Wilson, Twin Cities, 8 July 2026
  • Wally Funk became the oldest woman to launch into space in 2021 at the age of 82.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 10 July 2026
  • Mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died of breast cancer at the age of 40.
    — USA Today, 29 June 2026
  • Rohmer started work on it in 1939, at the age of eighteen, and completed it in the summer of 1944.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
  • Winston died in 2008 at the age of 62 after battling multiple myeloma.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 June 2026
  • Bradley died in 2006 at the age of 65 of complications from chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 30 June 2026
  • He was released on parole in October 2017 and died in 2024 at the age of 76.
    — Matt Moret, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Chamberlain, who died in 1999 at the age of 63, is widely regarded as one of the sport’s most dominant players of all time.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
  • When the family returned to Hershey, Pulisic joined PA Classics at the age of 10.
    — ABC News, 1 July 2026
  • Jill Craybas retired from professional tennis in 2013 at the age of 39.
    — Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Its starting point is the death of the filmmaker’s son, Adrian, in 2016, at the age of twenty-seven, from a fentanyl overdose.
    — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026
  • Cusack died in September 2023 at the age of 27, and her death is the subject of an FA inquiry.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 29 June 2026
  • Brennan died in 1974 at the age of 80 after being diagnosed with emphysema.
    — Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 6 July 2026
  • Lock’s father, also named Andy, died last April at the age of 57, and was coached by Chiefs head coach Andy Reid at Mizzou.
    — Pj Green july 9, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
  • Santi Cazorla has announced his retirement from professional football at the age of 41.
    — Nnamdi Onyeagwara, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • The conceptual artist, who died at the age of 83, first created the Pindakaasvloer, or peanut butter floor, in 1969.
    — ABC News, 9 July 2026
  • Actress Louise Lasser, best known for her comedic roles and her film collaborations with ex-husband Woody Allen, has died at the age of 87.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Three years later, censured by his Senate colleagues, ostracized by his party, and ignored by the press, McCarthy drank himself to death, a broken man at the age of 48.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 10 July 2026
  • Per Variety, Benchley died in February 2006 of pulmonary fibrosis at the age of 65.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 June 2026
  • Davis died June 22 in his Manhattan apartment at the age of 94, a few weeks after he was hospitalized for an upper respiratory issue.
    — ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • An Arkansas native who sang more than 650 times at the Metropolitan Opera in New York died Sunday at the age of 98.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 29 June 2026
  • Kevin O'Malley, a former Los Angeles Dodgers executive and part-owner of the San Diego Padres, has passed away at the age of 50.
    — Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Sooryavanshi became the youngest player to score an IPL century, reaching the landmark off 35 balls, at the age of 14 in April 2025.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026

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