old war-horse
Example Sentences
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Horace Greeley, the old war horse of the New York Tribune, bores in.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Why, when I read this book, did I feel like an old war horse whose blood jumps when he hears the bugle sound?
From Salon • Sep. 23, 2018
The kitchen gives mapo tofu, that old war horse, a new lease on life.
From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2017
RC Sherriff's account of life in the trenches shortly before a German offensive could be a creaky old war horse of a drama, with its talk of decent public school types, and times being "topping".
From The Guardian • Mar. 16, 2011
The sound of a shot and the splash of a duck had had the same effect on the Labrador as a trumpet call to an old war horse, and drew him as irresistibly.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
