old man

Example Sentences

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"We lived like kings in our homes. Our life has become an ordeal," the old man said through tears, sitting on a mattress in his tent.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

We meet him following a prologue set in a prison, where an old man is given the task of burning a batch of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Mr. Ireland draws the reader’s sympathy toward Trotsky, to a point, as an old man out of the game who did not deserve to be killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“My only relief is that he’s an old, old man and he’s not going to be here forever.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Looking at me as if I didn’t have any sense at all, Daisy said, “Why certainly, Jay Berry, there’s an old man of the mountains. Everyone knows that.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls