Below you will find example sentences with "older people". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Older People in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: older
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 22
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 29.9 words

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "older people" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as adversely affect older people particularly vulnerable, age and older people as those, young, use and care stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with young people, homeless people, indigenous people, older adults, years older and older sister, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with older people

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

But there's older people, smaller people, younger people - and then there's Concetta Mazzulli. (15 words)

People with heart or breathing problems, children and older people may be particularly sensitive to PM2. (16 words)

I used to hear people talk about — older people talk about being older and I — it disturbed me. (18 words)

These changes would make homes easier for a whole range of people, from older and disabled people to parents with pushchairs, but vitally, they would enable older people to “right size” rather than get stuck in homes that are not fit for their needs. (44 words)

In a bid to shore up the votes of older people, sources state the State pension is the bedrock of pension provision in Ireland, stating that Fianna Fáil is committed to ensuring it provides older people with a decent standard of living in retirement. (44 words)

An awful lot of our older people aren’t up to date with IT, I only got Zoom on my computer a couple of weeks ago out of necessity, but a lot of older people don’t even have a computer. (41 words)

Example sentences (20)

These changes would make homes easier for a whole range of people, from older and disabled people to parents with pushchairs, but vitally, they would enable older people to “right size” rather than get stuck in homes that are not fit for their needs.

Highland Senior Citizens’ Network chairman Ian McNamara has warned the rise in council tax could adversely “affect older people, particularly vulnerable older people”.

In a bid to shore up the votes of older people, sources state the State pension is the bedrock of pension provision in Ireland, stating that Fianna Fáil is committed to ensuring it provides older people with a decent standard of living in retirement.

She said: “Many people still tend to have myths about older people and tend to make the environment not conducive for older persons to thrive.

An awful lot of our older people aren’t up to date with IT, I only got Zoom on my computer a couple of weeks ago out of necessity, but a lot of older people don’t even have a computer.

I used to hear people talk about — older people talk about being older and I — it disturbed me.

We are an organisation providing essential services to older people and in a time of a crisis, without our community involvement older people would go without medications and food supplies, social connections or supported mental wellbeing.

It defined young people as those under 40 years of age and older people as those 40 or older.

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If an older person dresses according to the fashion young people use, he or she may look ridiculous in the eyes of both young and older people.

But there are some situations in which it is recommended you contact your GP or call 111. Due to the heightened risk in older people, you should seek help if you are 50 or older.

The potential successor to the social relief of distress grantt, a basic income grant for everyone 18 to 59, would relieve some of the pressure on older people to use their older persons grant to support family members.

Age Action, the advocacy organisation for older people, said that physically restraining an older person in a residential care facility should only ever be undertaken as an emergency measure.

The NGO added that with technology use being one of the strengths of young people, opportunities should be created for young people to support older people in learning how to use technology.

But there's older people, smaller people, younger people - and then there's Concetta Mazzulli.

She said it was a great opportunity for people, and family members of older people, to learn what was on offer in the district and she encouraged people to come along.

Unforeseen power outages force many people into uncomfortable and even perilous situations: older people in a senior community said losing power meant the elevator was out of use, leaving people living on higher floors and risking taking the stairs.

And getting vaccinated yourself also protects people around you, including those who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness, such as young children, older people, and people with certain chronic health conditions.

A residential care home providing personal care for older people and people living with dementia or mental health issues has been told to improve by the Care Quality Commission.

Dr Bav Shergill, of the British Association of Dermatologists, said: "While melanoma is much more common in older people, it does occur in young people.

People with heart or breathing problems, children and older people may be particularly sensitive to PM2.

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