On her way she passed before the house of her gallant, the sweetheart of former days, a carpenter by trade; now an octogenarian, who sat outside his door all the livelong day, while the young ones, his sons, worked in the shop. It was said that he never had consoled himself for her loss, for neither in first or second marriage would she have him; but with old age his feeling for her had become a sort of comical spite, half friendly and half mischievous, and he always called out to her:英文原著 · 《AN ICELAND FISHERMAN》
Children five years old and octogenarians were alike affected by it, and even men of the most powerful frame were subject to its influence. Girls and young women, however, were its most frequent victims.英文原著 · 《The Black Death and The Dancing Mania》
Amidst the stirring excitements of the present day, when every thrill of the electric wire conveys a new subject for thought or action to a generation as eager as the ancient Athenians for some new thing, simple legends of the past like that which we have transcribed have undoubtedly lost in a great degree their interest. The lore of the fireside is becoming obsolete, and with the octogenarian few who still linger among us will perish the unwritten history of border life in New England.英文原著 · 《The Boy Captives》
There were some hot octogenarians, and I got a definite "jungle fever" vibe from one of them.美剧 · 《2 Broke Girls》
Oh, don't tell me you're screwing these octogenarian patchouli-freaks?美剧 · 《Shameless》
You think I want to spend my evening with a bunch of douche bag associates at a concert given by a goddamn octogenarian?美剧 · 《Suits》