Third Age
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The version of the wizard seen in “The Rings of Power” is not the same as the one readers and film fans know from the Third Age.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 3, 2024
To keep her husband in a safe environment while she handles household tasks and gets a break from being a full-time caretaker, White enrolled him at Third Age Adult Day Center in January 2022.
From Seattle Times • May 23, 2024
PAYNE: In terms of the time scale, the elves in the Third Age are getting ready to leave Middle-earth because whatever happens with the One Ring, their fate is sealed.
From New York Times • Oct. 14, 2022
A: The rings of power takes place in the Second Age, which is thousands of years before the events of the Third Age, which most people know — Frodo and Bilbo and all of that.
From Washington Post • Sep. 1, 2022
This account of the end of the Third Age is drawn mainly from the Red Book of Westmarch.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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