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
She spent her middle years helping to raise a relative’s children, and her later years caring for her older brother, mother and stepfather before their deaths.
From New York Times • Dec. 7, 2021
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
I remember a man in Salinas who in his middle years traveled to Honolulu and back, and that journey continued for the rest of his life.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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