growing old, n.Definitions

Growing old is partly an inescapable process of accommodation and adjustment.

Growing old is mandatory; growing up is optional.

Growing old is being increasingly penalized for a crime you haven't committed.

Growing old is such that it is woman's fate to keep on growing older long after she is old enough.

Growing old is simply a process of drawing closer to that ultimate independence called death.

Growing old is a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

Growing old is no cause for hysteria. The rosebush does not scream when the petals begin to fall.

Growing old is only a state of mind - brought on by gray hairs, false teeth, wrinkles, a pot belly, and an overall feeling of being totally pooped.