age-old
Example Sentences
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Clarke is short of width and pace - an age-old problem.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
As the age-old adage goes, “too much of a good thing is a bad thing.”
From Salon • May 7, 2026
They are waulking the wool, an age-old tradition for rendering tweed soft and airtight so that it might keep the shepherds of the Scottish Hebrides warm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
The scope of Salesforce’s buyback ambitions invites the age-old debate over whether growth-oriented technology companies should devote so much money to capital returns instead of meaningfully stepping up their business investments.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 11, 2026
He remembered his age-old tremors in the forest.
From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding
