Wondering how to use Senile in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as doddering or doddery.
Senile in a sentence
Senile meaning
- Of, or relating to old age.
- Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
Using Senile
- The main meaning on this page is: Of, or relating to old age. | Exhibiting the deterioration in mind and body often accompanying old age; doddering.
- Useful related words include: doddering, doddery, gaga, old.
- In the example corpus, senile often appears in combinations such as: and senile, senile dementia, of senile.
Context around Senile
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 2 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Senile
- In this selection, "senile" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, winona, bit, half, cataract, degeneration and old stand out and add context to how "senile" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 94 and senile and a bit senile. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "senile" sits close to words such as adjoint, affixes and agonisingly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with senile
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
By then, Caroline Mojekwu was 94 and senile. (8 words)
Yeah, senile Mormon church authorities actually believe that. (8 words)
He'll never forget this, unless he's senile. (9 words)
So his staff keeps him away from the public for a few days and they want to know why the White House isn’t throwing the frail and senile old man in front of every TV camera they can find. (40 words)
And with the mainstream media proving again that it’s as invested in the Russiagate story as it has ever been, ABC News reported that it was the Russians who were also trying to portray Biden as senile. (38 words)
A man who suffers from senile dementia plays with a doll as a treatment to remind him of the old days at the Cihui Rehabilitation Center for the Aged in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on Sept. 2, 2005. (38 words)
Can you imagine Trump, and what he must smell like, holed up in the residence, doing nothing but live-tweeting Fox News in a senile rage for three days straight? (30 words)
Could it mean the person behind the door is senile, deaf, otherwise impaired? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Among the most common eye problems that people face are nearsightedness, farsightedness and age-related eye diseases, including senile cataract.
By then, Caroline Mojekwu was 94 and senile.
In this way from the very moment of its birth, the Chilean national bourgeoisie showed all the symptoms of a senile degeneration.
So his staff keeps him away from the public for a few days and they want to know why the White House isn’t throwing the frail and senile old man in front of every TV camera they can find.
This looks stale but at least Winona senile stare is funny.
US proves large organizations can be senile by asking what Ukraine's objectives are in the Kursk offensive.
What a contrast with the disunified democrats, their senile leader and their all-over-the-map messaging, which changes depending on which focus group they are trying to impress.
And with the mainstream media proving again that it’s as invested in the Russiagate story as it has ever been, ABC News reported that it was the Russians who were also trying to portray Biden as senile.
Biden needed to seem coherent and not senile; he met that challenge because he was not given time to ramble and bumble.
But he would grow old, weak and senile, and attempt to install his wife to take over.
Can you imagine Trump, and what he must smell like, holed up in the residence, doing nothing but live-tweeting Fox News in a senile rage for three days straight?
Sansuk municipal police officer Pornsiri Thongwichien said Samran isn’t homeless, but he’s a bit senile.
The semi-literate and half-senile Trump can't even absorb the usual PowerPoints.
A man who suffers from senile dementia plays with a doll as a treatment to remind him of the old days at the Cihui Rehabilitation Center for the Aged in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, on Sept. 2, 2005.
Could it mean the person behind the door is senile, deaf, otherwise impaired?
Sharp as a tack but frail, Fred is caring for his senile wife and starting to make bad decisions, such as crawling under his house to check the pipes without telling anyone.
The prolongation of senile capitalism threatens the future of human culture, civilization, democracy, perhaps even the survival of humanity itself.
Yeah, senile Mormon church authorities actually believe that.
But Al Davis was senile by that time, so it was like a lot of his other decisions at that stage.
He'll never forget this, unless he's senile.
Common combinations with senile
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and senile 8×
- senile dementia 8×
- of senile 4×
- senile by 3×
- was senile 3×
- senile old 2×
- senile to 2×
- senile wife 2×