How to Use midlife crisis in a Sentence

midlife crisis

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  • We knew he was going through a midlife crisis when he bought a new sports car.
  • The New York Times likened the album to a midlife crisis.
    — Emily Gould, The Cut, 26 Apr. 2018
  • If done with thought and care, the midlife crisis doesn’t have to be a crisis at all.
    — Danielle Braff, chicagotribune.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Also, a kit to how to make your way through a midlife crisis.
    — Wired Staff, Wired, 6 Aug. 2021
  • But the dude is 38 and suffering a full-on midlife crisis.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2021
  • Could the midlife crisis in fact be the site of rebirth and renewal?
    — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Set after the events of Avengers: Endgame, Love and Thunder finds our hero in a bit of a midlife crisis.
    — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Yes, sometimes people who leave in the throes of a midlife crisis do come back.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 9 June 2024
  • Yes, sometimes people who leave in the throes of a midlife crisis do come back.
    — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Lauren Shulz Sounds a bit like a midlife crisis, right?
    — Amy Wilkinson, Women's Health, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Late forties wasn't too young for a midlife crisis, right?
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Perhaps that’s the crux of the crises, universal among all midlife crisis.
    — Andrea Petersen, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020
  • There’s some dude over there going through a midlife crisis.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2024
  • But nothing seems to be going right for Hank, who’s in the midst of a midlife crisis and seems dead set on burning his life down to the ground.
    — Jennifer M. Wood, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Now, the 55–year-old Habitat is going through somewhat of a midlife crisis.
    — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Seemingly in the throes of a midlife crisis, Donald is thin-skinned and prone to nervous fits.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Rather than being bit players in Hank’s midlife crisis, the ensemble comes to the fore.
    — Joshua Alston, Variety, 17 Mar. 2023
  • But for wealthy Asian consumers, middle age is the new prime of life—not the beginning of the end that prompts the dreaded midlife crisis.
    — Catherine Feliciano-Chon, Quartz, 29 July 2019
  • His character, Martin, has the leaden tread of a man stuck in a midlife crisis.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2021
  • The midlife crisis appears to be moving to earlier life in the third year of the pandemic.
    — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 14 Sep. 2022
  • That’s where the midlife crisis lies: What is tech, as an industry, all about anymore?
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2020
  • And make no mistake: Facebook is firmly stuck in a midlife crisis.
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The reason has nothing to do with a midlife crisis for the four-time major champion who turned 30 last year.
    — Doug Ferguson, chicagotribune.com, 29 Oct. 2019
  • There is a whole next stage to explore about what comes after midlife crisis for all of these characters.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Dec. 2022
  • At the time, Mr. Watts was in the early stages of a midlife crisis that manifested itself as a two-year bender.
    — New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021
  • This spring, Bob Odenkirk will find himself in a different kind of danger on the same old network: a midlife crisis.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The Duke of Edinburgh has made peace with his role as the Queen’s arm candy, but the former pilot is now facing a midlife crisis.
    — Lorraine Ali, chicagotribune.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The Duke of Edinburgh has made peace with his role as the Queen's arm candy, but the former pilot is now facing a midlife crisis.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The fourth installment, Shrek Forever After (2010), explores Shrek’s midlife crisis and his wish to erase his past.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 July 2024
  • Eric—separated from his wife and in the throes of a midlife crisis—wins a promotion and gets caught up in toxic C-suite machinations.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Aug. 2024

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