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On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Dotage. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as senility or years and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

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Dotage in a sentence

Dotage meaning

  1. Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
  2. Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree.
  3. Foolish utterance(s); drivel.

Synonyms of Dotage

second childhood senility old age years age eld geezerhood

Related words

Other words often associated with Dotage or its synonyms:

period epoch property days era develop oldness life

Using Dotage

  • The main meaning on this page is: Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility. | Fondness or attentiveness, especially to an excessive degree. | Foolish utterance(s); drivel.
  • Useful related words include: second childhood, senility, old age, years.
  • In the example corpus, dotage often appears in combinations such as: their dotage, dotage and, of dotage.

Context around Dotage

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

remove 1×

Sentence patterns with Dotage

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

excesses of dotage 1× in my dotage and maybe 1× in their dotage 1× in their dotage remove a 1× into his dotage 1× or her dotage again holding 1× verge of dotage and is 1× wenger s dotage 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

arsenal s continuing 1× despite this extremely 1× however the exemplary 1× it wasn t 1× read to a 1× this client home 1×

Common sentence endings:

excesses of dotage 1× him slowing down 1× in the backyard 1× in their dotage 1× into his dotage 1× treat could help 1×

Words around Dotage

Just before it in the word index:

dota 14 dot 1.079 doswell 6 dosunmu 29 dosumu 3 dosu 4

Just after it in the word index:

dotan 2 dotard 12 dotasra 2 dotcom 14 dotd 11 dote 6

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Dotage

  • In this selection, "dotage" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, remove stand out and add context to how "dotage" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include excesses of dotage and in my dotage and maybe. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "dotage" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with dotage

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Arsenal’s continuing slide in Arsène Wenger’s dotage. (9 words)

Read to a younger sibling or a grandparent in his or her dotage (again, holding the treat could help). (19 words)

However the exemplary love of the play is one of an imagination controlled and restrained, and avoids the excesses of "dotage". (21 words)

Longer example sentences

It wasn’t just the manner of our 4-1 victory against a higher-league level side that made Merthyr so magical, it was the generosity of our hosts in defeat that will have the 40-odd Ites who made the trip recounting the experience in their dotage. (48 words)

Despite this extremely advanced age, Scrooge does not appear to be on the verge of dotage, and is vigorous enough to keep up with his nephews in adventures; with rare exception there appears to be no sign of him slowing down. (41 words)

This client, Home Shopping Network co-founder Roy Speer, just happened to also be the source of most of the assets Forte managed, and the affair and business relationship continued well into his dotage. (34 words)

Example sentences (8)

It wasn’t just the manner of our 4-1 victory against a higher-league level side that made Merthyr so magical, it was the generosity of our hosts in defeat that will have the 40-odd Ites who made the trip recounting the experience in their dotage.

Read to a younger sibling or a grandparent in his or her dotage (again, holding the treat could help).

Those who make contingency plans so they can afford to pay for care in their dotage remove a huge burden from the state.

With good jobs, they can take care of me in my dotage and maybe even install a “lazy river” in the backyard.

Arsenal’s continuing slide in Arsène Wenger’s dotage.

This client, Home Shopping Network co-founder Roy Speer, just happened to also be the source of most of the assets Forte managed, and the affair and business relationship continued well into his dotage.

Despite this extremely advanced age, Scrooge does not appear to be on the verge of dotage, and is vigorous enough to keep up with his nephews in adventures; with rare exception there appears to be no sign of him slowing down.

However the exemplary love of the play is one of an imagination controlled and restrained, and avoids the excesses of "dotage".

Common combinations with dotage

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "dotage" in a sentence?
An example: "It wasn’t just the manner of our 4-1 victory against a higher-league level side that made Merthyr so magical, it was the generosity of our hosts in defeat that will have the 40-odd Ites who made the trip recounting the experience in their dotage." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "dotage" from authentic English texts.
What does "dotage" mean?
Dotage means: Decline in judgment and other cognitive functions, associated with aging; senility.
What are synonyms of "dotage"?
Common synonyms of "dotage" include: second childhood, senility, old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood.
How many example sentences with "dotage" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "dotage", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.