How to Use septuagenarian in a Sentence

septuagenarian

noun
  • With three septuagenarians as his top rivals, Buttigieg hopes that means his turn is now.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
  • There's only so much damage a septuagenarian can do from here on.
    — Robert Reich, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Aug. 2017
  • Back in the present day, the septuagenarian Elise hasn't gone back home or seen her family in decades.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 4 Jan. 2018
  • The first truck is full, probably two dozen septuagenarians squeezed in there.
    — Declan Leary, National Review, 2 July 2019
  • There were some teenagers, some septuagenarians, many in between.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 14 July 2018
  • But how would the two septuagenarians fare in an actual matchup against each other in a shooting contest?
    — Michelle R. Martinelli, For The Win, 20 Mar. 2018
  • Each presented a clear contrast with the two male septuagenarians at the top of the primary polls.
    — Jennifer Rubin, The Denver Post, 3 June 2019
  • In her storied career, the septuagenarian has had plenty of each.
    — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Each time the rocking septuagenarians have conducted an extensive tour, fans have wondered whether that would be the last time.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
  • Why would anyone think a septuagenarian is suddenly going to buckle down to become a work horse?
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 6 June 2017
  • And Thomas, who is seventy-seven years old, is one of four septuagenarians on the Court.
    — Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2026
  • That means a septuagenarian president is at higher risk for missing work or dying in office than one in her or his 50s.
    — Louise Aronson, Twin Cities, 14 June 2019
  • Davila Marin said, as the septuagenarian sat in a rocking chair staring across rooftops in the Coabey barrio.
    — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2018
  • The septuagenarian Yves pointed to a second-story window in the family house; above his scruffy beard, his eyes were bright.
    — Molly Wizenberg, Town & Country, 14 Jan. 2013
  • Burnett turned to the other septuagenarians onstage to ask about their age in relation to their electability.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2019
  • Minter, an auburn-haired septuagenarian wearing Converse sneakers, clutched her camera and leaned forward in a rolling office chair.
    — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Indeed, one of the many locals cast as extras is a septuagenarian who’d also been an extra on John Ford’s legendary film.
    — Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2018
  • The septuagenarian president’s fixation on tariffs as a kind of economic cure-all are a throwback to a bygone era.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Like many British septuagenarians, David Charles Graves lived alone.
    — Kate Samuelson / London, Time, 4 May 2018
  • Biden and Sanders, two white male septuagenarians, are positioned at podiums in the middle of the stage, flanked by younger, more diverse opponents.
    — Jaclyn Gallucci, Fortune, 28 June 2019
  • His mother, the dancing, cursing, haggling aunt is now an arthritic septuagenarian.
    — Literary Hub, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The septuagenarian queues up a little Taylor Swift or Shawn Mendes music and lets loose.
    — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 21 June 2019
  • Who else on the FYF lineup – from any year – could possibly return as a septuagenarian?
    — James Reed, latimes.com, 24 July 2017
  • In a way, the fact that Huston was made up of two halves — one part iconoclastic maverick, one part old school craftsman — gave him an edge his fellow septuagenarians lacked.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 June 2026
  • My life flashed before my eyes, settling finally on my most recent memories, from the day before at Mount Rose, with its friendly septuagenarians.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The school teaches everything from ballet to Broadway, serves everyone from young children to septuagenarians and doesn’t shy away from students with profound needs.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
  • Between March and July of 2015, the septuagenarian pulled off five bank heists, all in broad daylight and with little more than a hat for a disguise.
    — Jeff Maysh, Los Angeles Magazine, 22 Aug. 2017
  • More surprising is the fact that, in a campaign that started with paeans to the party’s need for youth and diversity, none of the many other candidates has elbowed into a place among the three white septuagenarians.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • The three septuagenarians have been leading state and national polls for months, but all face challenges in a race playing out in the shadow of an impeachment drama on Capitol Hill.
    — Philip Elliott / Columbus, Time, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Among the images of the Prince of Wales holding his grandchildren and tending to his gardens, there is a poignant photograph of the septuagenarian royal walking with his mother.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 19 Nov. 2018

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