How to Use ripe old age in a Sentence

ripe old age

noun
  • Yes, your interest in being fit and living to a ripe old age is true.
    — Talia Argondezzi, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Avocado trees take three to four years to produce and often last beyond the ripe old age of 200.
    — Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Alysa Liu After her first Olympics, Alysa Liu retired at the ripe old age of 16.
    — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
  • All told, Lexus moved more than 140,000 copies of the third-gen car before it was replaced at the ripe old age of six.
    — Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Ongoing dating fails, questionable birth control methods, and turning the ripe old age of 35 in a world full of babymakers.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2025
  • At the ripe old age of 28, Kylie has embodied the 21st-century life cycle better than anyone alive.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 11 Mar. 2026
  • So, at the ripe old age of 42, and much to his family’s disgust, Paul takes up the life of the artist, leaving (presumably rent-free) in his aunt’s surprisingly sizable studio flat in a suburb of Paris.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Tigga, meanwhile, lived to the ripe old age of 18, even appearing in a royal Christmas card with Prince William and Prince Harry in 1990.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Shane Pinto, at the ripe old age of 25, gives the Americans a true checking and penalty-killing center, while Chris Kreider and Patrick Kane bring a wealth of international experience.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026

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