fogy

Example Sentences

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Consequently, throughout the 1970s and ’80s Wilson was viewed as a Tory, a young fogy.

From Washington Post • Nov. 23, 2022

But Laurent Pelly’s searing staging, produced with the Vienna State Opera, crisply played and superbly cast, showed that a fogy can burn with as much — if not more — fire as something fresh.

From New York Times • Sep. 24, 2018

I comfortably describe myself as an old fogy.

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2018

Berman is a young fogy, described as “a 37-year-old trapped in a 67-year-old’s body.”

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2014

Well, well, the world moves, I know, and I am an old fogy; but I shall not make myself hoarse shouting 'Huzza' until I find out whether we are going to the devil or not.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various