How to Use empty nester in a Sentence

empty nester

noun

• This is perfect for the empty nester and retiree for when the kids are gone.
  — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 16 July 2022
• Most of the guests at Wildwood are empty nesters like the Taylors.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
• Even having one boy off at college taught John to dread the life of an empty nester.
  — Mike Piellucci, SI.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• Nine of the 10 best cities for empty nesters are on that side of the country, with only one city from the East Coast making the list.
  — Marisa Russell, Woman's Day, 13 Jan. 2015
• Eli just left for college, and Ms. Roy is a few years from being an empty nester as well.
  — Katy McLaughlin, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2018
• Jennie Garth's husband Dave Abrams is ready to be an empty nester — but the actress isn't so sure.
  — Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 30 July 2024
• The downtown resident moved to Towson with his wife, Gretchen, when the the two became empty nesters in 2011.
  — Margarita Cambest, baltimoresun.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Ree shared an adorable photo from one of Todd's fall football games this year and opened up about life as an empty nester.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• In 2010, the children began to leave the house, and Fred, now an empty nester, began planting grapes on the south end of the property.
  — Dallas News, 27 June 2022
• On the plane home, the flood gates opened… Becoming an empty nester is almost like grieving.
  — Katie Robinson, Town & Country, 11 Sep. 2017
• Many of the newest residents are empty nesters, Sears said.
  — Debbie Funk, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• Friends encouraged the empty nester to try her hand at a food cart after trying her food.
  — Michael Russell, OregonLive.com, 9 May 2018
• The empty nesters' youngest child, Joaquin, left for college at the University of Michigan in 2021.
  — Erin Clements, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• The developers said the project will cater to seniors, baby boomers and empty nesters.
  — Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Feb. 2018
• So, the married father of two was suddenly available, and about to be an empty nester.
  — Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Jan. 2024
• She’s an empty nester who lives in a house with a never-ending stream of adult children cycling through her house.
  — Sally Schwartz, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• As an empty nester who had recently retired, Ms. Peeters felt her home had space for one more.
  — Koba Ryckewaert Ilvy Njiokiktjien, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2023
• The empty nesters started slowly with a cruise out of Florida.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2024
• Some were there with their grown daughters, others were there solo, and there were a few empty nester couples.
  — Jim Dobson, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• In the past few years, my mother, an empty nester at long last, has started taking camping road trips across the country.
  — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 29 Oct. 2019
• For Michelle, that new normal comes with being an empty nester as Malia and Sasha have both started college.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 May 2020
• The Blue Lagoon star also revealed her thoughts on being an empty nester.
  — Georgia Slater, PEOPLE.com, 22 Apr. 2022
• The new development will target empty nesters, baby boomers, and those who choose to rent, DeRosa said.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 13 June 2018
• There’s a nice blend of empty nesters, single professionals and transplants who want to be here for a couple of years.
  — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 26 June 2018
• Tim McGraw has realized there are a few perks about being an empty nester with wife Faith Hill.
  — Julie Jordan, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2023
• For a few brief minutes, the adult falcons that call Evanston Public Library home each spring were empty nesters.
  — Genevieve Bookwalter, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2019
• The couple selling the tri-level dwelling, Brain and Nicki Runnels, are empty nesters who have been married for 31 years.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2024
• Setting the film right before a high school graduation was the first sentence of the idea, with Joe about to be an empty nester and looking at all that hasn’t been said.
  — Lisa Wong MacAbasco, Vogue, 20 Nov. 2023
• Thus, most empty nesters default into staying in the family home for one of three reasons, or all of them: 1.
  — Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 26 June 2019
• Their children are all adults now, and being an empty nester made Jennifer even more grateful for her family.
  — Haley Van Horn, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024