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

Oldest Person in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: oldest
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.4 words

Words in this phrase

oldest person

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • oldest can mean: superlative form of old: most old Frequent word
  • person can mean: An individual who has been granted personhood; usually a human being. Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

and the oldest person to occupy 1× as the oldest person alive married 1× be the oldest person convicted in 1× be the oldest person in the 1× been the oldest person to die 1× both the oldest person to form 1× even the oldest person of all 1× indeed the oldest person living and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the world s 3× the oldest person 2× a 108 year 1× approaching 68 mcewen 1× chances are that 1× gladstone is both 1×

Common sentence endings:

10 policy unit 1× according to longeviquest 1× aged 123 russian 1× at his resignation 1× august 5 1907 1× by dangerous driving 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

world 11× year 7× died 4× old 4× death 3× aged 3× living 2× japanese 2× native 2× age 2× now 2× passed 2×

Related phrases

missing person infected person accused person reasonable person particular person person walks terrible person oldest child person familiar unknown person

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around oldest:

oldest child 8× world oldest 6× oldest continuously 5× oldest known 5× oldest public 5×

Just before it in the phrase index:

oldest known oldest continuously oldest child older versions older sister older people

Just after it in the phrase index:

oldest public ole miss olive oil olympic champion olympic committee olympic games

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

oldest child oldest continuously oldest known oldest public

Same ending:

missing person infected person accused person reasonable person particular person terrible person

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "oldest person" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 24.4 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as and the oldest person to occupy, as the oldest person alive married, world, year and died stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with missing person, infected person, accused person, oldest child, world oldest and oldest continuously, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with oldest person

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

Short example sentences

Is this the world's oldest person? (7 words)

Oldest person in the world' dies 'aged 123': Russian. (9 words)

The world’s oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

The oldest person to receive the award was 106-year-old Joan Willett who was given an OBE for her charitable fundraising for the British Heart Foundation while the youngest was Jay Frood, 18, who was named for their service to vulnerable children. (43 words)

According to the Oldest in Britain website, the title of the oldest person is now understood to be passed to 111-year-old Dorothy Payne, of Sevenoaks, Kent, who was born on August 5, 1907. (35 words)

The death of the world’s oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: Is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live? (35 words)

Question examples

The death of the world’s oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: Is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live? (35 words)

Is this the world's oldest person? (7 words)

Example sentences (20)

Chances are that Mazibuko was indeed the oldest person living, and perhaps even the oldest person of all time.

At the time of her death, Ms Francis was the oldest living person in the US and the third-oldest person in the world, according to LongeviQuest.

The world's oldest person, Japanese native Nabi Tajima, died at the age of 117 on Saturday; the world record for oldest person is now passed to fellow Japanese native, Chiyo Yoshida pic.

Gladstone is both the oldest person to form a government – aged 82 at his appointment – and the oldest person to occupy the Premiership – being 84 at his resignation.

According to the Oldest in Britain website, the title of the oldest person is now understood to be passed to 111-year-old Dorothy Payne, of Sevenoaks, Kent, who was born on August 5, 1907.

Approaching 68, McEwen was the oldest person ever to be appointed Prime Minister of Australia, although not the oldest to serve; Menzies left office one month and six days after his 71st birthday.

He’s the oldest person to be newly elected to the upper chamber, he’s praising Mitch McConnell and he’s cooking his wife’s salmon recipe for Sens.

I think the oldest person coming this year will be the Labour peer Bernard Donoughue, who headed Lord Wilson's No 10 Policy Unit.

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The death of the world’s oldest person at the age of 118 has reignited a debate that has divided scientists for centuries: Is there a limit on how long a healthy human can live?

The oldest person to receive the award was 106-year-old Joan Willett who was given an OBE for her charitable fundraising for the British Heart Foundation while the youngest was Jay Frood, 18, who was named for their service to vulnerable children.

The world’s oldest person, French nun Lucile Randon, has died aged 118.

Maria Branyas Morera, an American-born Spanish woman believed to be the oldest person in the world, has died, according to her family.

Ms Mills is thought to be the oldest person convicted in the UK of causing death by dangerous driving.

The oldest person on this year's list is 86-year-old Joel Habener.

The previous oldest person in the world, Maria Branyas Morera, died peacefully in her sleep after sharing a heart-breaking message with fans.

The world's oldest person in 2023 was a French nun who celebrated her 118th birthday before passing over to the great convent in 'the sky'.

A 108-year-old great-grandmother from Salford is believed to have been the oldest person to die after testing positive for the virus.

Is this the world's oldest person?

Oldest person in the world' dies 'aged 123': Russian.

Tanaka, who was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records last year as the oldest person alive, married Hideo Tanaka in 1922.

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