old country

Example Sentences

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Americans could be forgiven for wondering what is the point of the old country beyond some fine costume drama, a smattering of challenging golf courses, and a cheap alternative for their children’s education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

That's not to say there isn't still a huge amount of goodwill towards everyone from the "old country".

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

The players were immigrants or the sons of immigrants, playing a game that was considered a national pastime in the old country but little more than a waste of time in the new one.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024

Down an old country road, off a winding gravel trail, I found the little swamp marsh that will someday be devoured by the rising sea.

From Salon • May 11, 2024

I had seen Mom only sporadically since then, and she’d never met John nor been to the old country farmhouse we’d bought the year before.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls