dotage

noun

dot·age ˈdō-tij

plural dotages

: a state or period of old age especially when accompanied by mental decline

People who obviously pity my dotage have a well-meant but disagreeable habit of reminding me that Sophocles wrote his best plays at 80.—

Bernard Shaw

The last time I saw Bette Davis, she was in her dotage, the painful ravages of cancer and a paralyzing stroke cruelly evident.—

Rex Reed

Examples of dotage in a Sentence

he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things

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Butler remains a talented, if mercurial, two-way star, even in his relative dotage at age 35 with 14 years of mileage — including two runs to the Finals with Miami — under his belt. —

Alex Kirschenbaum, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025 In their dotage, a lot of these hacks were writing silly columns for crappy neighborhood newspapers. —

Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2025 At the time, Dylan was thirteen and living with his grandparents, kindly folks in their dotage who’d endured his parents’ addictions. —

Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Even in his relative dotage, Butler remains one of the best two-way players in the game, with a knack for elevating his play in the postseason. —

Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for dotage