grown old
Example Sentences
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More than 400 years later, and 250 since this nation’s founding, our “New World” doesn’t seem so new, having grown old through centuries of terror and splendor alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026
The reason this team has grown old together is because it has been successful together.
From BBC ● Nov. 17, 2025
“I have grown old in your service,” the silver-haired, perennially tanned Barker joked on a prime-time television retrospective in the mid-’90s.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 26, 2023
Part of Andonovski’s job over the last four years was to rejuvenate a team that had grown old under Ellis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2023
The young men, afterward, hunted wild goats with him, and hare, and deer, but he had grown old in his master’s absence.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
