Sentence examples for often older than from inspiring English sources

Interspersed in the narratives are passages of verse, usually speeches, that are often older than the prose.

Hikers who stay at the Starbuck Inn are often older than many on the trail, Mr. Starbuck said, and in possession of greater financial resources.

The childless Browning was nicknamed "Daddy," and advertised to adopt young girls from poor families -- attracting floods of applicants of mixed motives, applicants often older than they claimed.

They've all missed the boat in terms of being professional, though the oldest is often older than me by quite a few years.

These students are often older than conventional undergraduates, hold jobs and work shifts at various times of day in different time zones.

Because many of the young people in this group begin their education late, they are often older than other high school students and are, therefore, more likely to be sexually active.

In some societies the ideal traditional marriage might join a bride with a groom who is 10 15 years her senior and often much older than that.

Interestingly, entrepreneurs who immigrate to the United States are often much older than the prototypical San Francisco founder.

This implies that S-alleles are often much older than the species from which they are sampled.

Because many of its players serve on full-time missions for two years (men when they're 18, women when 19), BYU athletes are often older on average than other schools' players.

Whereas saltcedar grows to large size in the southern USA, northern stems are small in size and often older below ground than above (Lesica and Miles 2001), suggesting that winter die-back may be common in the north.