dirty old man

Example Sentences

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He spoke in quips; when accused of being a dirty old man, he responded: “Who are you calling old?”

From New York Times • Feb. 19, 2023

Bennell was cynical, controlling and predatory but he was nothing like the stereotype of the dirty old man.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2018

You are under no obligation to hug this dirty old man.

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2016

“The dirty old man stereotype no longer applies,” said Homeland Security Special Agent Claude Arnold at a Thursday news conference.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 26, 2014

I asked myself as I watched them lie shamelessly to the dirty old man.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall