advanced in years in a sentence

Examples

1. He writes of a holy man of great learning, well advanced in years, who had lived in Galilee for thirty years that had accompanied him in Palestine.
2. In order to induce his countrymen to follow his precepts, Garakonthie had adopted many European customs, and had learned to read and write, although advanced in years.
3. Single women, couples who want to have another child after the death of other offspring, and childless couples advanced in years have all been ruled out as candidates.
4. It is thought that Perault was somewhat advanced in years when he embraced the religious state, although the precise date of his entrance into it is also unknown.
5. This position and the rectory of Alton Barnes, Crowe retained until his death in 1829, and the duties of oratorship he discharged until he was advanced in years.
6. Kamen has stated that FIRST is the invention he feels most proud of, and predicts that participants will be responsible for significant technological advances in years to come.
7. In an era when immigration laws are tightening, the Violence Against Women Act is quietly becoming one of the biggest advances in years for foreigners in this country.
8. "As the king has advances in years, " the British scholar Michael Leifer wrote recently, " the issue of royal succession has become a matter of deep political concern ."
9. As he himself tells us, he was originally a heathen, but was converted to Christianity when advanced in years, and felt called upon to instruct the ignorant in the truth.
10. He spent the rest of his life peaceably in England, thoroughly reconciled to the government of Henry III . He must have by this time become well advanced in years.