late in life

Idioms  

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

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Example Sentences

If you plan to leave IRA assets to heirs, a conversion even late in life can still make sense.

From Barron's

She’d had her son – my dad – pretty late in life.

From Literature

"And some of these changes begin surprisingly early. By five months of age, some cell populations had already begun to decline. This tells us that aging isn't just something that happens late in life; it's a continuation of ongoing developmental processes."

From Science Daily

"We were able to tap into this mechanism late in life, for the mice, and it still worked," said Gregor Bieri, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar in Villeda's lab and co-first author of the study.

From Science Daily

Over the decades, the award-winning musician became famous for composing short yet highly complex pieces, and only turning to opera late in life.

From Barron's