fogey

Example Sentences

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Lewis paints Ray as an old fogey who simply doesn’t get it and has tried to impose old-school financial standards on new-school operations such as FTX.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 2, 2023

“I acknowledge the fact I was the old, craggy fogey and she was this beautiful creature,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022

But I am also mindful of the possibility that I am a blinkered fogey missing the Next Big Thing.

From Washington Post • Jan. 30, 2022

But she can’t figure out how to voice these reservations without sounding like a fogey.

From Slate • Feb. 9, 2021

Mr. Keesing, the old fogey who teaches math, was mad at me for the longest time because I talked so much.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank