Below you will find example sentences with "elderly man". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Elderly Man in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: elderly
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 25 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 9 start, 7 middle, 4 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "elderly man" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a elderly man is expected, after an elderly man was allegedly, old, hospital and killed stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with elderly people, elderly woman, iron man, elderly people, elderly woman and elderly mother, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with elderly man
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
The authorities added that the elderly man was a Lythrodontas resident. (11 words)
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of child grooming offences. (12 words)
At one point, an elderly man and his dog also become involved. (12 words)
One of the drivers, an elderly man, was taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire with potentially serious injuries while the driver of the van, a man in his 60s was also taken to hospital in Warwick, with non-serious injuries. (41 words)
Civilian casualties included an elderly man killed in mortar shelling of the Tayouri district on 21 April, while a woman and nine-year-old girl from the same family of the elderly man were injured. (35 words)
The elderly man chased the bank worker around a pillar, and in the ensuing scuffle, the bank worker charged towards the old man, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the ground. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Civilian casualties included an elderly man killed in mortar shelling of the Tayouri district on 21 April, while a woman and nine-year-old girl from the same family of the elderly man were injured.
The social carer, who looks after the elderly and those with disabilities, visited the family home daily to tend to the elderly man’s sick wife.
The elderly man chased the bank worker around a pillar, and in the ensuing scuffle, the bank worker charged towards the old man, causing him to fall backwards and hit his head on the ground.
A 53-year-old man accused of killing an elderly man two years ago appeared in provincial court in St. John’s this morning.
One of the drivers, an elderly man, was taken to University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire with potentially serious injuries while the driver of the van, a man in his 60s was also taken to hospital in Warwick, with non-serious injuries.
Abbotsford police were called to the area of South Fraser Way and McCallum Road around 10 a.m. on Nov. 24 for a report of a young man hitting and robbing an elderly man.
An elderly man has been arrested on suspicion of child grooming offences.
AN ELDERLY man has died at Cork's Mercy University Hospital following a suspected attack by another patient.
At one point, an elderly man and his dog also become involved.
In the Turkish city of Samsun, Kazakh students warmly welcomed the aksakal, an elderly man in Kazakh.
Netizens are warning the public to be careful of an elderly man who is said to be a scammer.
Others, including an elderly man, had not been able to get to their homes or travel away from wreckage for help.
Over 60 anti-racists in Birmingham held a protest on Saturday after a vicious attack on an elderly man leaving a mosque in the Kings Heath area of the city.
Protesters Wednesday blocked the busy Udaipur-Killa road in Tripura’s Gomati district, burnt tyres and stalled traffic for hours, demanding capital punishment for those who allegedly killed an elderly man Tuesday.
The authorities added that the elderly man was a Lythrodontas resident.
The body of an elderly man who had been missing since Tuesday from Sydney’s northern beaches was found on Saturday.
The Irish Daily Mail reports that new blockades have been set up across centres for asylum seekers across the country, after an elderly man was allegedly assaulted at Corofin in Clare yesterday.
A 'cruel and calculated' fraudster who pressured and threatened an elderly man into handing over more than £400,000 in a vile con lasting three years has been jailed.
A elderly man is expected to stand trial in September, following allegations that he burnt his daughter's degrees she gained from studying overseas.
An elderly man arrives to cast his vote during the fourth phase of the general election at a polling station, in Beed, Maharashtra, India, May 13, 2024.