old man
Example Sentences
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I’d see an old man with his gray dreads and sing-songy voice as I would walk from parking my car on the street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Over the course of the day, the boy gets to know his grandfather better, both as the old man he is now and the young boy he once was.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
There’s a well-known scene from a 2001 episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” in which a mob of fish mistakes a feeble old man for a bully and attacks him.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
His first novel, a nearly 400-page story of an old man who travels to a fictional Southern city where he mostly sits on a park bench, has broken every rule in publishing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
He kissed us both goodnight and in a moment we heard the steps of an old man climbing the stairs to bed.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
