How do you use Elderly in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like aged or older, plus the exact meaning.
Elderly meaning
- old; having lived for relatively many years.
- Of an object, being old-fashioned or frail due to aging.
Example sentences (20)
As a result, when an elderly person is exposed to air pollution, they may develop cardiovascular disease and asthma.
Despite the record enrollment, more than 25.6 million non-elderly Americans were uninsured in 2022, according to KFF.
Aged care providers estimate a quarter of all shifts a week go unfilled and it is the elderly who are paying the price.
AN ELDERLY man has died at Cork's Mercy University Hospital following a suspected attack by another patient.
Bzaaarz is targeting youth, females, and the elderly, aiming to educate young people about the marketplace.
Dear Night Shift: A good friend of mine recently recounted how she copes with her elderly mother’s ruminating on one topic.
An elderly woman living opposite the bumps, who didn't wish to be named, said vehicles hitting the bumps make her home shake.
Collier is charged with exploitation and intimidation of the elderly or disabled and criminal trespass.
According to the information, the elderly people above 50 years of age are most vulnerable to death.
Arsenia Masiglat runs the island’s only licensed community care foster home where she cares for two elderly patients in her house.
As reported by Reuters, the governor of Kherson oblast said an elderly woman was among the wounded.
Country and Irish audiences range from teenagers to the elderly, and Country music has a deep resonance for many people in Ireland.
Another elderly lady was pinned between her couch and her entire roof and refrigerator from the kitchen had collapsed on top of her.
Cubbington Mill is opening its doors to elderly people from the community who might usually eat alone in a bid to tackle loneliness.
Cecelia Bryant often brought her daughter and son along on pastoral visits to thesick or elderly.
Currently, the site formerly occupied by the Cupid Buildings, in Victoria, is being developed into a seven-storey home for the elderly.
Since the formation of a home for the elderly, WRI members visit and entertain the elderly people throughout the year.
An elderly woman talks to an emergency worker in her apartment heavily damaged in Russian missile attacks in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023.
Cllr Hannaway said Barclays’ decision would make life much harder for vulnerable and elderly members of the community and local businesses.
Always be on guard and advise elderly/vulnerable family members in relation to scams when you become aware of them,” said a garda spokesperson.
Phrases with elderly
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with elderly
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the elderly 67×
- an elderly 55×
- elderly people 21×
- elderly woman 16×
- elderly and 13×
- of elderly 12×
- and elderly 10×
- elderly man 8×
- elderly person 6×
- elderly mother 6×
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