How to Use the aged in a Sentence
the aged
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Only the aged Lotus Elise matched it in terms of its size and weight, and nothing in the sports car world gave you a complete carbon fiber chassis for anything near its price.
— Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 11 July 2024 -
But what of the scenes that opened the episode showing the aged Blackthorne in England?
— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024 -
Guests mixed the aged bourbons and ryes to their preferred style and strength.
— Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024 -
The gunite pool liner blends nicely with the aged look of the pool house and patio.
— Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023 -
My job was to protect the aged and disabled — people just like my father.
— Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 -
Then two grandsons and, at the center, the aged mother—Ma, Mata ji, Amma.
— Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023 -
There is scant evidence of the man himself —only one portrait of the aged lothario is on display.
— Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024 -
Critics of the deal, of whom there have been many, figure the aged Penguins only grew older with Karlsson.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023 -
New York City had some success with subway ads asking riders to offer their seats to the aged, pregnant and disabled and to stop with the man-spreading.
— Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023 -
Ultimately, though, the team went in a different direction and skipped the aged makeup and gray hair.
— Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 May 2024 -
Kevin Shattenkirk, the aged free agent acquired to fill Clifton’s roster spot, won’t be assuming Clifton’s hitting shoes.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023 -
Choose from the aged antique brass finish or opt for an industrial look with the silvery-bronze finish.
— Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023 -
Though this habitat may seem like a utopia, the aged animal still faced adversity.
— Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024 -
The reactions to the aged filter can be partitioned off into a three categories.
— Chloe Berger, Fortune Well, 15 July 2023 -
The thinness of the former provides the ideal route to the pole, while the denseness of the aged variety can result in 10-to-25-foot-high ridges that are potentially impassable.
— Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023 -
Snag the aged brass or polished nickel to round out your contemporary bathroom design.
— Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023 -
These include rebuilding that stretch of the aged seawall and raising it several feet in response to long-term forecasts of sea level rise.
— John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023 -
As the aged mom, Megan Mulally does her whole performance with a kind of an elderly lisp thing, albeit with moments of belting breaking through that.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023 -
In today’s service economy, governments need to spend more on health care and caring for the aged, areas in which the state has naturally played a central role.
— Joseph E. Stiglitz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019 -
Then there is Thelma, which avoids potential pitfalls and parody to offer a truly original and funny take on aging, and those who care for the aged.
— Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024 -
Seeking insights into ways to reform health care for the aged, Mr. Pryor went under cover in 1970 as a volunteer at nursing homes in the Washington region.
— Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024 -
Feel free to mix wood furniture from various eras or in different styles; the aged appearance will tie an assortment of pieces together.
— Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 -
Truth knew former slaves had no retirement plans and that the aged and infirm were particularly vulnerable to neglect.
— Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Historically, whenever there’s a state budget crunch, Sacramento has ripped off the aged, blind and disabled by reducing their state grants by an amount equal to the cost-of-living increase provided by the feds.
— George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023 -
Along with uncommonly cold temperatures, the aged racing surface will be particularly prone to weeping — when moisture seeps through the cracks in a racetrack long after the rain.
— Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023 -
Imagine a 60-year-old man recuperating at home after prostate cancer surgery, drawing comfort from the companionship of the aged Golden Retriever at his side.
— David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015 -
When administered to the aged, less active mice, the enzyme reproduced most of the neurocognitive benefits seen in aged exercisers.
— Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2023 -
And while the overall effect is understated, the details are subtly spectacular, including the 18th-century marble and wood floors and the aged patina of the kitchen’s stainless steel cabinets, which were fitted with Art Deco hardware.
— Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2023 -
This dynamic creates a perverse incentive for the medical industry to encourage these folks, typically the aged and poor, to end their lives quickly to reduce medical expenses.
— Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 Feb. 2024
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