How to Use pensioner in a Sentence

pensioner

noun
  • Cities will have to make deals on benefit cuts for pensioners in order to spend more on schools.
    — Washington Post, Orange County Register, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Alphabet, shy at first, soon came into his own as a lazy pensioner.
    — Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2022
  • These are parties of young and middle-aged workers, not cheery pensioners.
    — The Economist, 11 July 2019
  • Vitaly Kolesnichenko, a pensioner awaiting transport this week, sat on a bench with a sports bag filled with his clothes.
    — Matthew Luxmoore, WSJ, 8 June 2022
  • The city must prioritize resident needs and should pay off debts to pensioners first.
    — Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Many of the thousands who made the trip on Saturday were pensioners who had been coming to the races for decades.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune Asia, 25 May 2019
  • Child poverty rates are twice as high as pensioners’, but there is no comparable outrage.
    — Renaud Foucart, Time, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Data show more than 77 percent of pensioners came back under the same job title.
    — Lauryn Schroeder, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 May 2017
  • These entities count on bonds for stable returns to fund payouts to pensioners.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 21 Nov. 2019
  • That leaves the public forced to buy food from places that sell in foreign currency, which many pensioners simply don’t have.
    — Sarah Moreno updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Young, fit people might embrace the idea of cycling to work, but pensioners with arthritic hips or plumbers with heavy tools might not see things the same way.
    — Roger Trapp, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • One piece of good news is that China is thinking creatively about how to look after the swelling ranks of pensioners.
    — The Economist, 2 Nov. 2019
  • The pensioner spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid repercussions.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • There had always been a few people around town, mostly pensioners, who were openly pro-Russian.
    — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Groups are capped to 20 and run the gamut from families to millennials, and even pensioners.
    — Julia Buckley, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The pension portion of the debt will not be restructured which means every pensioner is supposed to received what they were promised.
    — Cristina Corujo, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Since then, Tania Nikolayevna, a pensioner in her sixties, has reckoned with that loss.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2022
  • On a recent weekday, pensioners wintering nearby were among the few visitors to the launch site.
    — The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • Natalia Dema, a pensioner in her 60s wearing a light-blue jacket and work boots, joined her.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The processing plant provides part-time employment for many islanders, most of them pensioners who tail and pack lobsters.
    — NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
  • But there are high hurdles to clear for any enterprising lawyer looking to bring such a suit on behalf of a citizen or pensioner.
    — Ron Lieber, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In January, a boar bit a pensioner in the leg — the day after another boar made off with a schoolgirl’s pink school bag.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Milei’s spending cuts imposed heavy costs on pensioners, public-sector workers, and others who relied on the state.
    — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Next door, pensioners gather under a portrait of the Virgin Mary, waiting for a free bowl of soup and bread.
    — Madeline Roache / Puhoi, Time, 29 Aug. 2019
  • During the service, the pensioner with a powder-blue headscarf helps light and extinguish prayer candles.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2023
  • Claúdio Arantes, a pensioner, carried an old Lula campaign flag on his way to the esplanade.
    — Mauricio Savarese and Carla Bridi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Jan. 2023
  • What is the right tradeoff between the interests of current or future employees and those of pensioners?
    — Diane Coyle, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
  • But most blocks — home to pensioners, families and people with disabilities — cannot afford them.
    — Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2026
  • The volunteers listened patiently to the pensioner and stuffed a frozen chicken into her shopping bag.
    — New York Times, 31 May 2022
  • Semi Salmi, a pensioner who was out for a swim at a pool with cold sea water in Helsinki, echoed that sentiment.
    — Kostya Manenkov, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2026

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