How to Use the elderly in a Sentence

the elderly

noun
  • Man stole from the sick and the elderly.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
  • Back when the elderly woman was young, her sister had died of measles.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 17 May 2026
  • Never leave children or pets in cars and check on the elderly.
    — CBS News, 8 May 2026
  • None of it could withstand the speed of the elderly driver.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The wall stands across the road from a Jewish care home for the elderly.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • And the lawyers fighting the elderly couple get paid.
    — Dave Lieber feb. 25, Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Nashawaty had been over to the elderly man’s house earlier that day to offer help.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • People were killed in large numbers before their eyes, the elderly man told me.
    — Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 21 June 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 23 June 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • The rear lock video screen also allows children and the elderly a quick way to see who is at the door.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 29 June 2026
  • Smog compromised the health of kids and the sickly and the elderly.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • This could send the elderly into states of disease, to be honest.
    — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Other clips showed that the elderly made up many of the protesters.
    — Arsalan Shahla, Fortune, 10 Jan. 2026
  • With films such as this, there’s often a concern that they might be seen as making fun of the elderly.
    — Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The lobby is where the elderly owner scares children with tales of a witch who once haunted these grounds.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Meanwhile, the elderly on the island are forced to beg or search for food among the mountains of trash that block the streets.
    — Sarah Moreno updated April 29, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Police told her the elderly driver was shaken up but not injured.
    — Jermont Terry, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Some of the elderly homeowners in the neighborhood have lived there for decades.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Years ago, the elderly couple next door started to leave me gift bags of items such as tea towels and candy bars.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Washington Post, 22 May 2026
  • Bodies of children, teens, the elderly, men, and women.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • The figures roughly follow the life cycle, with youths at one end and the elderly at the other.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • The answer is not getting volunteers to shovel out the homes of the elderly.
    — Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Women and the elderly were impacted the most.
    — Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Behind shot of young female carer walking with the elderly woman in the park.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Sitting down on the bench next to bottles and cans is only for the brave and for the elderly person too frail to stand for a long time.
    — Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • My plan to demand better care for the elderly in healthcare facilities will do that.
    — Jack Schlossberg, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026

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