Meanings of reaching old in English

His chances of reaching old age were growing dimmer by the year.

In her letters to Flaubert, Sand writes of the pleasures of reaching old age.

Published yesterday, the Pope continued that reaching old age was a sign of God's gracious benevolence.

But fewer eastern curlews are reaching old age.

Regarding the proportion reaching old ages, the Finnish lagged behind from the beginning, but females decreased this difference.

But Carol Walker says the fact that intellectually disabled people reaching old age means that services have been left unprepared…

This trend has been associated with a larger number of individuals reaching old age and is predicted to continue into the foreseeable future.

This increase is due to the 'baby boomer' generation reaching old age and improvements in medical care that means people are now living longer.

In France, teachers, tradeswomen, female clerks and others, by dint of rigid economy, usually insure for themselves a small income before reaching old age.

The New Yorker, February 22, 1936 P. 16 A trip through snowbound country, at last reaching old man Baird's place.

He returned an hour or so later, reaching Old Silverstrand by five.