middle years
Americanplural noun
Example Sentences
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The world provides guardrails against our juvenile impulses, particularly the ones we continue to drag behind us as we fishtail into our middle years.
From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023
The middle years in college, that’s when I decided I wanted to be a coach — just seeing the relationships these guys have with us.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2023
Claire Foy played Britain’s young Queen Elizabeth II for the first two seasons, with Olivia Colman stepping in to chart her middle years last season and in the 10 new episodes out Sunday.
From Washington Times • Nov. 9, 2020
Though Federer did not participate in the Hopman Cup through the middle years of his career, he has a long attachment to the event, first coming to Perth as a hitting partner in 1999.
From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2019
I had expected that Mr. Gatsby would be a florid and corpulent person in his middle years.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
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