How to Use the aged in a Sentence

the aged

noun
Definition of the agednext
  • But what of the scenes that opened the episode showing the aged Blackthorne in England?
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Guests mixed the aged bourbons and ryes to their preferred style and strength.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The gunite pool liner blends nicely with the aged look of the pool house and patio.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2023
  • My job was to protect the aged and disabled — people just like my father.
    — Shannon Carpenter, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Then two grandsons and, at the center, the aged mother—Ma, Mata ji, Amma.
    — Anjum Hasan, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There is scant evidence of the man himself —only one portrait of the aged lothario is on display.
    — Gaile Robinson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Critics of the deal, of whom there have been many, figure the aged Penguins only grew older with Karlsson.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2023
  • New York City had some success with subway ads asking riders to offer their seats to the aged, pregnant and disabled and to stop with the man-spreading.
    — Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Only the aged Lotus Elise matched it in terms of its size and weight, and nothing in the sports car world gave you a complete carbon fiber chassis for anything near its price.
    — Raphael Orlove, Robb Report, 11 July 2024
  • Ultimately, though, the team went in a different direction and skipped the aged makeup and gray hair.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 9 May 2024
  • Kevin Shattenkirk, the aged free agent acquired to fill Clifton’s roster spot, won’t be assuming Clifton’s hitting shoes.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2023
  • Choose from the aged antique brass finish or opt for an industrial look with the silvery-bronze finish.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Though this habitat may seem like a utopia, the aged animal still faced adversity.
    — Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
  • The reactions to the aged filter can be partitioned off into a three categories.
    — Chloe Berger, Fortune Well, 15 July 2023
  • The thinness of the former provides the ideal route to the pole, while the denseness of the aged variety can result in 10-to-25-foot-high ridges that are potentially impassable.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Snag the aged brass or polished nickel to round out your contemporary bathroom design.
    — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2023
  • These include rebuilding that stretch of the aged seawall and raising it several feet in response to long-term forecasts of sea level rise.
    — John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Mar. 2023
  • As the aged mom, Megan Mulally does her whole performance with a kind of an elderly lisp thing, albeit with moments of belting breaking through that.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • In today’s service economy, governments need to spend more on health care and caring for the aged, areas in which the state has naturally played a central role.
    — Joseph E. Stiglitz, Foreign Affairs, 10 Dec. 2019
  • Then there is Thelma, which avoids potential pitfalls and parody to offer a truly original and funny take on aging, and those who care for the aged.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2024
  • Being old is no protection against suffering; the aged Priam, mourning his son Hector, is assailed by the same desolate grief as Achilles.
    — Rachel Hadas, The Conversation, 9 July 2024
  • Seeking insights into ways to reform health care for the aged, Mr. Pryor went under cover in 1970 as a volunteer at nursing homes in the Washington region.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • Feel free to mix wood furniture from various eras or in different styles; the aged appearance will tie an assortment of pieces together.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Truth knew former slaves had no retirement plans and that the aged and infirm were particularly vulnerable to neglect.
    — Cynthia Greenlee, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Historically, whenever there’s a state budget crunch, Sacramento has ripped off the aged, blind and disabled by reducing their state grants by an amount equal to the cost-of-living increase provided by the feds.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2023
  • Along with uncommonly cold temperatures, the aged racing surface will be particularly prone to weeping — when moisture seeps through the cracks in a racetrack long after the rain.
    — Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • This is bound to modify cultural patterns in a society in which large families have traditionally taken care of the aged and the handicapped.
    — Henry A. Kissinger, Foreign Affairs, 1 Mar. 2012
  • Imagine a 60-year-old man recuperating at home after prostate cancer surgery, drawing comfort from the companionship of the aged Golden Retriever at his side.
    — David J. Waters, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2015
  • When administered to the aged, less active mice, the enzyme reproduced most of the neurocognitive benefits seen in aged exercisers.
    — Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 9 June 2023
  • And while the overall effect is understated, the details are subtly spectacular, including the 18th-century marble and wood floors and the aged patina of the kitchen’s stainless steel cabinets, which were fitted with Art Deco hardware.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2023

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