mid-forties

There to greet them stands a perky volunteer, a white woman in her mid-forties who dutifully shakes the hand of every person.

American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

But as a mother in my mid-forties, I deeply miss my own parents, as I listen to NPR's "Turkey Confidential" on Thanksgiving morning, rather than stories narrated in my family's silky Mississippi accents.

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D.: Advent Lessons From A Holiday Orphan Ph.D. Mallory McDuff 2011

She and her husband Jim began vacationing in Vallarta in 1982 and, when she found herself widowed and still only in her mid-forties, in 2000 Deb moved to Vallarta, "based only on an emotional connection she had developed over the years they had been coming to PV on vacation."

Boomers in Paradise: Living in Puerto Vallarta 2009

Both Chekhov and Wilde died in their mid-forties (Wilde in 1900, Chekhov in 1904), long before their time, and it would have been fascinating to see what theatre would have been like in London and Moscow had they had the chance to look at it and show us what they thought we were becoming.

High Society 2009

According to Brydon: "It's about two guys in their mid-forties questioning where they are in their careers and their lives."

Steve Coogan: Two parts Partridge, one part genius Stephanie Merritt 2010

Although she was a local star by 20, she never left the islands until she was in her mid-forties, when she finally made her first recordings.

Jesse Kornbluth: Cesaria Evora (1941-2011): One of the Great Divas, Too Little Known Jesse Kornbluth 2011

Dr. Fox is in her mid-forties, pretty, slim (her English pub nickname was “stick”).

Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour « Books « Literacy News 2009

When I was in my mid-forties and Doris McCarthy had just entered her ninth decade, I went to one of her openings.

Julia Moulden: Work After 50? How About 100? Julia Moulden 2010

I don't know much about the history of the place, but it has the look of a better church of the mid-forties or early fifties, with light-ish brick, limestone trim, and several rather charming bits of architectural sculpture here and there.

St. Monica's, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin 2009

When I was in my mid-forties and Doris McCarthy had just entered her ninth decade, I went to one of her openings.

Julia Moulden: Work After 50? How About 100? Julia Moulden 2010