The actress continued to work well 'into her dotage'.
He has become friendlier 'in his dotage'.
(..) ...fire hot enough to set them ablaze. Have we not? I did not look to see you so easily outwitted. You have grown... ...slow and fat... ...in your dotage... ...slug! Take cover. Go! Bombu r! Get those bellows working. Go! (..)2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug