How to Use at the age of in a Sentence

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  • He was fast-tracked into the senior side at the age of just 17.
    — Rory Smith, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • A lot of people would leave a band at the age of 25 and that would be it, the career would be over.
    — Marc Hirsh, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Consider Sinéad O'Connor, who died this week at the age of 56.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 July 2023
  • Mark Cuban started his first venture at the age of 12 to sell garbage bags.
    — Dileep Rao, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • The music legend passed away at the age of 83 on Wednesday.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • Crazy Town frontman Shifty Shellshock has died at the age of 49.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2024
  • The truth is that most celebrities are having something done–even at the age of 31.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
  • On May 24, news broke that legendary singer Tina Turner died at the age of 83.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 26 May 2023
  • During production, Lee died at the age of 28 when he was shot by a prop gun on the set of the film.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Hawkins died last March at the age of 50 while Foo Fighters were on tour in Colombia.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
  • Alas, Mozart died that same year at the age of 35 before finishing the piece.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The young mother from North Carolina took home the title at the age of 20.
    — Madeline Boardman, EW.com, 1 May 2024
  • On April 24, news broke that the veteran TV judge died from bone cancer at the age of 78.
    — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and main songwriter of The Band, has died at the age of 80.
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Her friend died at the age of 64 from a drug overdose, a needle found under her bed.
    — The Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2024
  • According to the Indy Star, Pollard’s dad Pearl, who was 6-foot-8, died at the age of 54.
    — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Smith died at the age of 29, just a few months after the death of her son Daniel and the birth of her daughter, Dannielynn Birkhead.
    — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 17 May 2023
  • Charlie Munger, the right-hand man of Warren Buffett, died Tuesday at the age of 99.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 29 Nov. 2023
  • Ever since his debut at the age of 15, he’s been charting his own unique course.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 24 Sep. 2023
  • The tribute comes three years after Rivera died at the age of 33 after drowning in Lake Piru, Calif.
    — Stephen Daw, Billboard, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Wahl died at the age of 49 in December while covering the World Cup in Qatar due to an aortic aneurysm.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 20 July 2023
  • Banks, who died, of cancer, last year, at the age of eighty-two, published more than twenty books, most of them novels.
    — Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Negishi’s death was announced this week, at the age of 100, which means a century of making the world a louder, more tone-deaf place.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Of course, Tiger Woods is still one of the most famous athletes in the world, even at the age of 48, still one of the most famous this country has produced since Ali.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 20 July 2024
  • Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks) who played on the country act’s first three albums, has died at the age of 65.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Simpson, the football player and actor acquitted of killing his ex-wife and her friend, died on April 10 at the age of 76.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024
  • Alma Powell, civic leader and widow to the late Colin Powell, has died at the age of 86.
    — Demicia Inman, VIBE.com, 30 July 2024
  • Music star and civil rights icon Harry Belafonte died this week at the age of 96.
    — Seyward Darby, Longreads, 25 Apr. 2023
  • McVie died in November at the age of 79 following a brief illness.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 13 July 2023
  • Born in Marseille, France, Gervais moved to Miami at the age of 15 to pursue his dreams in music.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 30 July 2024

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