On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Octogenarian. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as old or oldster and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Octogenarian meaning
Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
Using Octogenarian
- The main meaning on this page is: Synonym of eightysomething: a person between 80 and 89 years old.
- Useful related words include: old, oldster, old person, senior citizen.
- In the example corpus, octogenarian often appears in combinations such as: the octogenarian, an octogenarian, and octogenarian.
Context around Octogenarian
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Octogenarian
- In this selection, "octogenarian" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, witted, creepy, elsewhere, front, couple and mike stand out and add context to how "octogenarian" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include by the octogenarian on friday and cancer and octogenarian mike henry. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "octogenarian" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with octogenarian
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
At 51, she’s young — especially when compared with the octogenarian front-runners. (13 words)
Despite his injuries, the octogenarian couple have been seen out and about in public. (14 words)
The spokesperson for Lagos Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the suicide by the octogenarian on Friday. (16 words)
It was an octogenarian "trifulau" loner, Giuseppe Giamesio, known as "Notu" and the last descendant of a family with a century-old truffle tradition, who revealed his secrets to him and bequeathed his dogs just before his death in 2014. (40 words)
Officials said that a 34-year-old man was killed and three others were injured in a landslide caused by heavy rain in Senapati district, while an octogenarian woman drowned in the overflowing Senapati river in the same district. (39 words)
In the United States, there are tens of thousands of patriotic, competitive shooting enthusiasts from every walk of life: from teenage girls with pink Glocks, to octogenarian veterans carrying an ancient, army-issue Colt 1911. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
At 51, she’s young — especially when compared with the octogenarian front-runners.
Despite his injuries, the octogenarian couple have been seen out and about in public.
It’s a herculean task for a 60-year-old and a near impossible one for an octogenarian.
Phillips, the St Andrew East Central representative who is battling colon cancer, and octogenarian Mike Henry of Clarendon Central both attended only three of 53 sittings in 2022, according to parliamentary attendance records.
The quick-witted octogenarian goes on to say that Ford and his wife had 'a wonderful love affair.
The Wall Street Journal noted that Biden is in and that reelecting the octogenarian would be a historical mistake.
When I went along myself my first question to Laura was did octogenarian Laura know the age of those blooms as they seemed so mature.
Aides pointed to the trip as an example of remarkable stamina for an octogenarian — or for anyone, for that matter.
A married fashion executive has claimed she made a desperate attempt to ward off her creepy octogenarian boss with a passion for blondes.
Elsewhere, octogenarian Labour veteran Alan Whittaker was re-elected in his Eccleston, Heskin and Charnock Richard seat, having first become a Chorley councillor back in 1982.
In the United States, there are tens of thousands of patriotic, competitive shooting enthusiasts from every walk of life: from teenage girls with pink Glocks, to octogenarian veterans carrying an ancient, army-issue Colt 1911.
It was an octogenarian "trifulau" loner, Giuseppe Giamesio, known as "Notu" and the last descendant of a family with a century-old truffle tradition, who revealed his secrets to him and bequeathed his dogs just before his death in 2014.
Lloyd Bridges died in 1998 at the age of 85. About a year before his passing, he appeared in two much-loved episodes of as Izzy Mandelbaum, a hard-charging octogenarian fitness trainer.
Mayo also broke with Kraft when the octogenarian raised the idea of being “colorblind” when discussing Mayo’s standing as the first Black head coach in team history.
Officials said that a 34-year-old man was killed and three others were injured in a landslide caused by heavy rain in Senapati district, while an octogenarian woman drowned in the overflowing Senapati river in the same district.
The octogenarian was attending the Clinton Global Initiative’s but was not listed to speak before the elite gathering.
The provincial fire service reported that they scrambled the Alpha 1 helicopter to pick up the injured octogenarian.
There will continue to be intense speculation about this question for the septuagenarian and octogenarian candidates in the coming U.S. presidential election, but no one expects either of them to tell the full truth.
The spokesperson for Lagos Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the suicide by the octogenarian on Friday.
Australia’s only Nobel laureate in epidemiology, the delightful octogenarian Peter Doherty of the Doherty Foundation, made five predictions when I spoke to him in August.
Common combinations with octogenarian
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the octogenarian 16×
- an octogenarian 10×
- and octogenarian 3×
- octogenarian was 2×
- octogenarian says 2×