English example sentences with "ripe old age"

He lived to a ripe old age.

My grandpa lived to the ripe old age of 97.

Coloring is one of Georgia's favorite hobbies, even at the ripe old age of 16.

Tom lived to a ripe old age.

Many heavy smokers live to a ripe old age, while some light smokers die early, as do some nonsmokers.

There's one surefire way to live to a ripe old age: eat a meatball a day for a hundred years.