How to Use septuagenarian in a Sentence

septuagenarian

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  • Yet in the early days of the campaign, two white septuagenarians are leading the polls: Biden and Sanders.
    — Steve Peoples, Twin Cities, 28 June 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • With three septuagenarians as his top rivals, Buttigieg hopes that means his turn is now.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
  • 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
  • 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
  • The septuagenarian queues up a little Taylor Swift or Shawn Mendes music and lets loose.
    — Samantha Leach, Glamour, 21 June 2019
  • 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
  • The Vermont senator is one of four septuagenarians battling for the White House in 2020.
    — Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The fed up septuagenarian said she was recently held at gunpoint by an unknown man and woman who said her grandson owed them $20 for Spice, the same drug that caused him to overdose.
    — Josh Magness, idahostatesman, 31 May 2018
  • But setting aside the very sad thought of two septuagenarians trading blows behind a high school gym, Trump’s tweets are revealing.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The first truck is full, probably two dozen septuagenarians squeezed in there.
    — Declan Leary, National Review, 2 July 2019
  • The most direct impact of Crowley's loss will be on the succession plan for House Democrats, who have been led for years by a trio of septuagenarians, despite grumbling from younger members.
    — NBC News, 28 June 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
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Who else on the FYF lineup – from any year – could possibly return as a septuagenarian?
    — James Reed, latimes.com, 24 July 2017
  • 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
  • At the root of the Oscars disaster: Two septuagenarians acting like 3-year-olds.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2017
  • There's only so much damage a septuagenarian can do from here on.
    — Robert Reich, Alaska Dispatch News, 8 Aug. 2017
  • 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
  • First, there was Jo French, a merry septuagenarian called by Kobach and his team in order to show that the voter-suppression law did not unduly burden the elderly.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 14 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Like many British septuagenarians, David Charles Graves lived alone.
    — Kate Samuelson / London, Time, 4 May 2018
  • In her storied career, the septuagenarian has had plenty of each.
    — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 18 Aug. 2017
  • This will probably be the final Indy film for the spry septuagenarian (climbing in and out of excavation trenches does a number on the knees, to say nothing of fighting off Nazis and Russian spies).
    — National Geographic, 21 Mar. 2016
  • Our hero is Bob Comet, a septuagenarian who has spent most of his life with books, as a public librarian in Portland, Ore., and now, in retirement, as a devoted reader.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 30 June 2023
  • These sure don’t look like a septuagenarian’s earlobes: zero droop, no unsightly hair.
    — Jay Katsir, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023

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