How to Use the middle-aged in a Sentence

the middle-aged

noun
  • The fight sequences with Mr. Freeze, that’s very much for the middle-aged generation of Batman fans, and then a bunch of stuff in there for the kids as well.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Her first front-page story from Japan was about the middle-aged dissolution of a beloved boy band.
    Claire Moses, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • And the January 2023 suspect—the middle-aged guy in a gray beanie who sprayed the couple with the Chihuahua on Magnolia?
    Lauren Smiley, WIRED, 7 Nov. 2023
  • In order to move forward in her life, the middle-aged Ilona must defy social taboos and mourn her son, who has been missing for a decade.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 14 June 2023
  • Thirty years ago, kidney stones were considered a disease of the middle-aged white man.
    Katie Camero, NBC News, 8 July 2023
  • Jack has two long-time buddies, both of whom are experiencing their own version of the middle-aged daddy blues.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The film’s younger guys dress in fake fur and act like Neanderthals, while the middle-aged men who have jobs are portrayed as incompetent nincompoops.
    Susan Pinker, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Take Tatiana, the middle-aged manager of a supermarket chain.
    Elettra Pauletto, Harper's Magazine, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Some of the less-secure women in their target audience, however, may feel a trifle turned off by the shameless emphasis on the middle-aged overachievers.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Runners who tune in to watch Kipchoge have grown intrigued by the middle-aged volunteer who punctuates every successful handoff with a double fist-pump celebration and helps keep Kipchoge on record paces.
    Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023

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