middle-aged

[ US /ˈmɪdəˌɫeɪɡd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. being roughly between 45 and 65 years old
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How To Use middle-aged In A Sentence

  • The women, all middle-aged, were naked, masking their state of undress behind the banner.
  • The blow to his head must have concussed him, for he saw two middle-aged women straighten up and walk briskly to the I.V. unit.
  • He will have noted the height, build, and general appearance of the two men: one was fat, middle-aged, and bald and had a scar over his left eye; the other younger, fair-haired, more athletic, and had a moustache.
  • Over the years, I'd gone from what I fondly imagined to be a switched-on, youngish-minded mum to a rancid, middle-aged harridan, glaring at shrieking texting huddles in the street – youngsters I didn't even know, but would consider lightly birching. It's all too easy to hate teens – try a little love instead | Barbara Ellen
  • Similarly, a study of Tunisian women in Morocco showed that older women categorically use diphthongs /aw/and/aj /, while middle-aged women alternate between diphthongs and monophthongs.
  • The bulk of the book concerns Sandy's two middle-aged children.
  • He said he was stocky, not too tall, very broad shouldered and middle-aged.
  • Perrault's ‘Bluebeard’ is the story of a rich, middle-aged gentleman, named for his swarthy chin and saturnine manner, who marries a young woman.
  • I read it again, but instead of seeing a heavily made up moll with a dark bob and beaded dress with a pout, I envisioned a sleazy, straight, middle-aged white man.
  • She is a gorgeously full-figured woman, and he is quite the strapping middle-aged man.
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