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How to use midlife in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective, noun

Midlife means occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45. Example: “The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.”

Examples of midlife by meaning

nounThe middle period of one's life.

  • Twins from all the patterns of twinship experienced this emotional disaster as young adults or in their midlives.2003, Barbara Schave Klein, Not all twins are alike: psychological profiles of twinship, page 57
  • Now we were writing, talking, sharing bits of our lives again, glad that both of us were able to talk about our midlives (which we realized could very well have been our late lives).2007 August 12, Curtis Pesmen, “As Survivors, We Were Closer Than Lovers”, in New York Times

More sentences with midlife

  • The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.From the entry waisting
  • Some doctors believe that midlife crises often stem from men's waning testosterone levels.2005 March 14, Shari Rudavsky, “Manopause”, in Indianapolis Star. From the entry menoporsche
  • She continued, “Beyond midlife crisis, John, and male menopause, whatever that is, is the desire to simply be a man.2017, DeMille, Nelson, author, The Gold Coast, →OCLC. From the entry surrogate activity
  • She's most likely the result of a midlife crisis.”2012, Rosemary Hammond, The Perfect Male, →ISBN. From the entry beach girl
  • Perhaps one of the triggers to a midlife self-transition is the recognition that this “grownupness” may never happen, that it is a myth.2011, Mary Anderson, PhD, Jane Goodman, PhD, Nancy K. Schlossberg, EdD, Counseling Adults in Transition, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry grownupness
  • "I had my midlife crisis at 31 but here I am at 48 and as fit as a butcher's dog," he said.2010 July 12, “Runner launches Nottinghamshire's first ultra marathon”, in BBC News. From the entry fit as a butcher's dog
  • Of course, you don't want to look at it too closely because it might be nothing more than midlife crisis or college doldrums.2001, Lynn Grabhorn, Beyond the Twelve Steps: Roadmap to a New Life. From the entry unjazzed
  • Thus, spiritual "emergence" has often been no continuous picnic, whether for the crying infant or the midlife adult, even with the best of childhood parentings.1949, Stuart Sovatsky, Words from the Soul: Time, East/West Spirituality, and Psychotherapeutic Narrative, →ISBN. From the entry parentings
  • He was exiled in his midlife to Huang-chou in Hupeh for five years, and again in his old age to southern Kwangtung, as far as Hainan Island, for seven years.1966, Liu Wu-chi, An Introduction to Chinese Literature, Indiana University Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 108. From the entry Huang-chou

Meaning of midlife

  1. adjective Occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.
  2. noun The middle period of one's life.

Full definition of midlife

Questions about midlife in a sentence

How do you use midlife in a sentence?
Midlife is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The decorative material used as waisting also served as a girdle for her midlife expansion.”
What is a short sentence with midlife?
“She's most likely the result of a midlife crisis.””
What does midlife mean?
Midlife means occurring in the middle point of one's life, usually considered about 45.

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