ancientness

Example Sentences

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Bounding around the stage shirtless with a disconcerting lope that suggests something’s off with his hip, he simultaneously owns his ancientness and defies it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2023

Many say the knowledge of their craft has been passed down to them by their elders, and they revere the ancientness of the practice, even if it sometimes earns them a sideward glance.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

The idea was to completely transform the monadnock—to appropriate some of its ancientness, to secure a permanent place in honored memory for a nation that had lasted for fewer than five years.

From Slate • Jul. 8, 2020

The trumpets and the ancientness were proof of our survival; and the king’s young daughter would rule the peace.

From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2017

The paint was peeling off the rickety old carved galleries; the arabesques over the windows were chipped and worn;—the ancientness of the place rendered it doubly picturesque.

From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by Thackeray, William Makepeace