sixties
- plural of sixty.
Example Sentences
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In his early sixties, Rob Kaufman suffered a medical emergency that caused him to faint and hit his head on a wood floor, resulting in a traumatic brain injury.
From Barron's • Jun. 15, 2026
French film legend Brigitte Bardot, a cinema icon of the 1950s and sixties who walked away from global stardom to become an animal rights protector, has died aged 91, her foundation said Sunday.
From Barron's • Dec. 28, 2025
John: “We’ve had the swinging sixties, and I was wondering, Mrs. Lennon, how you saw your place in the seventies?”
From Salon • Dec. 23, 2025
Dear Liz: My husband’s parents, who are 88 and 93, respectively, have decided to leave their house, worth $800,000, equally, to their three children, who are all in their sixties.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2025
Grandma had been only in her sixties, and most people in her family lived until they were about a hundred.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
