Sentence examples for been elderly from inspiring English sources
adjective
Old; having lived for relatively many years
Some detainees have been elderly and sick.
Most of the state residents who have become ill have been elderly people who do not have a spleen or whose immune system is impaired in other ways, or have other health problems, said Matthew L. Cartter, epidemiology program coordinator for the Connecticut Department of Public Health.
Half way through this invective, a young black kid walked past and shouted out "when are you going to stop drinking granddad?"Of course there have always been elderly, angry alcoholics, spending their time sprawled out on park benches and wandering the aisles of off licences.
For example, with regard to intergenerational living arrangements, a phenomenon of great concern in recent years has been elderly parents living with their adult children, showing that the traditional form of stem family is in decline.
The majority of patients reported have been elderly, asthenic females, and in most the underlying renal artery pathology was atherosclerosis [ 5].
The few reported patients with community-acquired infection have been elderly and debilitated and have had hospital contact, important coexisting conditions, or both (3, 6 ).
