Collocations for old age - noun
ADJECTIVE
advanced,
extreme
happy
She can look forward to a happy old age.
happy
She can look forward to a happy old age.
lonely
fears about a lonely old age
fears about a lonely old age
VERB + old age
live to,
reach,
survive into,
survive to
My grandparents survived into advanced old age.
My grandparents survived into advanced old age.
approach
die of
die of
OLD-AGE + NOUN
pension,
pensioner
I'll soon be drawing my old-age pension.
I'll soon be drawing my old-age pension.
PREPOSITION
in (your) old age
Loss of hearing often occurs in old age.
He took up golf in his old age.
Loss of hearing often occurs in old age.
He took up golf in his old age.
into old age
She was now well into old age.
She was now well into old age.
PHRASES
the grand old age of sth,
the ripe old age of sth
She lived to the ripe old age of 98.
She lived to the ripe old age of 98.