How to Use the elderly in a Sentence

the elderly

noun
  • The hostages that could be returned as part of the deal include both the elderly and the very young.
    — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
  • All the children of the village have fever; the elderly are sick.
    — Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The day after her first toke, Sharon begs Robyn to teach her how to rip off the elderly on the phone.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
  • In some years, the burden of RSV disease comes close to the burden of flu in the elderly.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 3 May 2023
  • Golf is cool—and not just for the elderly country-club set.
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 18 Aug. 2023
  • This group has gone deeply into the field of caring for the elderly.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas News, 18 June 2023
  • The End of Life Option Act puts the weak, the elderly and the terminally ill at grave risk.
    — Jeffrey S. Trimbath, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Theodore believes the success of AI slop is mostly due to the elderly and naive.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
  • One of the elderly marks in Kastle’s film is bludgeoned to death by Martha while Ray looks on.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 June 2023
  • First responders found the elderly woman dead on the top floor near where the fire broke out.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2025
  • For the elderly, our phones are not an appendage as is true for many younger people.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Feb. 2024
  • First, the elderly continue to bear the brunt of severe illness due to covid-19.
    — Leana S. Wen, Washington Post, 4 July 2024
  • The virus can lead to pneumonia, which is far more worrisome for the elderly.
    — Christina Jewett, New York Times, 3 May 2023
  • The year before, three-fourths of the elderly candidates were turned down at their hearings.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • Their wives, sisters, daughters and nieces clean houses and hotel rooms, fix meals and care for the elderly.
    — Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Acting on instinct, the good Samaritan jumped out of his car and ran to help the elderly woman.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The idea is to use the bias of scammers, who often target the elderly, against them, and keep them on the phone for hours–time that can’t be spent against real people.
    — Richard Nieva, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • There was barely room inside for the elderly proprietor, who sat on a stool facing the wall, her hair in curlers.
    — Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Those with stairs in their home or the elderly may require something lightweight that’s easy to carry upstairs or around the house.
    — Lacey Muinos, Health, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The state has sought to erect barriers around practices that put the elderly at risk for financial abuse.
    — Christina Lengyel | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And while everyone from newborns to the elderly need vitamin B12, the amount varies with age.
    — Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But what happens to the elderly who still have flip phones and no computer to purchase tickets?
    — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Watch out for how the elderly and less physically able people feel in the car, and don’t let them get overheated.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
  • While the teen’s grandmother went to live in a care home for the elderly, Hogan was left without permanent housing.
    — Melissa Noel, Essence, 5 June 2024
  • In one sketch, Spillman played Sharon, the elderly girlfriend of Jeff, a college student played by Belushi, who takes her home to meet his parents.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Those most at risk are children whose lungs are still developing and the elderly.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 27 June 2024
  • As the story goes, singer Robert Plant discovered the photo of the elderly man carrying a bushel of twigs on his back in an antique shop.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Stores like this are frequented by the unemployed, adults with young children, the elderly, teenagers, the lonely, the homeless.
    — Kate Briggs, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Also, the elderly receive pensions and are provided with care helpers.
    — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Our population is aging, and the bureaucrats who are making these decisions seem oblivious to the needs/difficulties of the elderly.
    — Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025

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