late in life

1. In old age. For example, Isn't it rather late in life for your grandmother to go trekking in Nepal?

Example Sentences

Because dementia often develops late in life, studying its causes requires tracking participants for decades.

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Asked what kept her motivated late in life, she said: "Surely people want a future for their children."

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Moore, who retreated to North Carolina after serving 32 years in federal prison but then was jailed again late in life, was 95.

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Late in life, Maggie Fox denounced the spiritualism movement that she and her sister Kate had helped start, demonstrating the ways in which they had fooled their audiences.

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A movie about a famous and, frankly, selfish actor taking stock late in life feels like the kind of exercise in self-reflective narcissism that, once upon a time in Hollywood, Oscar voters adored.

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