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Discover LudwigThe phrase "respectable age" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used to refer to an age that is considered appropriate or admirable, often implying maturity or wisdom. Example: "At a respectable age, she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of traveling the world."
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ZIMMER--Anna "Honey," died at home on March 6, 2011 at the respectable age of 89.
PARIS — Just before I returned to the real world from Arizona, a neighbor of respectable age stopped me at the mailbox.
It occurred at what I think is a respectable age for such a breakdown, but one which I'm not willing to specify, other than to say I was about as old as this kid.
Bilbo was going to be eleventy-one, 111, a rather curious number, and a very respectable age for a hobbit (the Old Took himself had only reached 130); and Frodo was going to be thirty-three, 33, an important number: the date of his 'coming of age'.
(I admit the possibility that similar events have been blocked out). It occurred at what I think is a respectable age for such a breakdown, but one which I'm not willing to specify, other than to say I was about as old as this kid.
When they first got together, immediately after - or possibly even during - her affair with Charlotte, he was only 23 ('I'm not a good person, Lynn'), but now he is a respectable age - 32 to her 45 - so she can't be accused of cradle-snatching.
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Few of those conversions, however, have as rich a history as the condo at 320 Washington Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, which was built in 1851 as the home of the Brooklyn Society for the Relief of Respectable Aged Indigent Females.
Try as best you can to frame the loss in a respectable, age-appropriate and honest manner.
Ugly buildings, whores, and campaign tactics all get more respectable with age.
Today, the project has weathered the storms of its youth, entering a "respectable middle age," says Ratener.
Certainly from its opening concert on Thursday, Summertime Classics appears to have settled into a respectable middle age.
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