How to Use centenarian in a Sentence

centenarian

noun
  • Half of centenarians have a gene that taps the brakes on height and weight.
    — Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 11 July 2024
  • The stocky, white-haired centenarian in dress shirt and wheelchair laughed and laughed.
    — Nathan Solis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Like many aspects of the aging boom, the rise of centenarians is a mixed bag.
    — Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 18 May 2025
  • Some even claimed that most people born today will live to be centenarians.
    — Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
  • The species was more common in centenarians, and low in mice with progeria.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 29 July 2019
  • The centenarian is seen using her walker to make her way to the curb to watch the parade.
    — Fox News, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Exactly how long centenarians live may simply be a roll of the dice each year.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • All centenarians, this year none were able to make the pilgrimage to Hawaii to mark the event.
    — Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 7 Dec. 2025
  • The notion that there are centenarians with 80-year-old kids?
    — Cindy George, Houston Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Strangers were often surprised to learn the stylish centenarian's age.
    — Rachel Hutton, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • The lucky centenarians will receive a card signed by King Charles.
    — Valentine Ulgu-Servant, Vanity Fair, 14 Apr. 2026
  • As far as the secret to living to be 104, the centenarian doesn’t have a clue.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Among the deceased was the county’s second centenarian to fall victim to the virus.
    — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 20 Aug. 2020
  • Alonzo, Smith and the rest of the centenarian crew all like to be on-the-go and be out and about, according to staff.
    — Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2024
  • Family and friends surprised the beloved centenarian with a party complete with a drive-by from a firetruck.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 9 June 2021
  • For a silly old bear, Winnie the Pooh doesn't look like a centenarian.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 Mar. 2026
  • For this centenarian, gratitude for the good things in life has seen her through its trials – and leaves her counting her blessings to this day.
    — Maisie Sparks, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2021
  • At this moment, there are more living centenarians who are mothers than at any time in human history.
    — Andre Mouchard, Daily News, 9 May 2026
  • Staff at the nursing home obliged the centenarian's request and took a photo of her enjoying the beer, which has gone viral.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 29 May 2020
  • In one survey, a quarter of centenarians said keeping a positive attitude topped the list of ways to stay healthy.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 2 Jan. 2024
  • The goal of the research is the development of drugs that would imitate what the centenarians’ genes do to protect their health.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2023
  • Her family said the centenarian has a life-long passion for learning and has passed that along to her children and grandchildren.
    — cleveland, 18 May 2020
  • Of those who make it to 100, only a tiny fraction of centenarians have siblings still alive, much less one who is their senior.
    — Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 12 Oct. 2017
  • An unusual number of centenarians seem to hail from low-income areas.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • Many centenarians live in similar areas called Blue Zones and share many of the same dietary habits.
    — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 24 Nov. 2025
  • About 60% of our centenarians have something on their genome that interferes with the action of growth hormone.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Many diehard longevity seekers are going so far as to plan their travel around the world’s blue zones—five regions across the globe that are known for high numbers of centenarians.
    — Mary Honkus, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Jan. 2026
  • About 85% of our centenarians are women.
    — Dominique Mosbergen, Time, 2 Oct. 2025
  • One of the rules of ikigai is to stay active and not retire, and many centenarians, especially those living in the world’s blue zones, never do.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 20 July 2024
  • Special guests at the event will be other centenarians ringing in their 100th birthdays, and birthday cake will be served.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026

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