old-fashioned

Example Sentences

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“My dad ran an old-fashioned household and he insisted that pretty much everything had to be his way,” Ted Turner said in a 2008 memoir.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The simplest solution, naturally, would be to unplug altogether, ditching your smart TV for an old-fashioned antenna system and turning back to physical media players instead of streamers.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The Treasury must now raise the cash to repay those IOUs the old-fashioned way — by collecting taxes, slashing spending on other programs, or borrowing from the public by issuing Treasury securities.

From MarketWatch • May 2, 2026

With its brass rails and swing doors it has the feel of an old-fashioned department store.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

That is, a lot of people couldn’t actually afford to pay their mortgages the old-fashioned way, and so the lenders were dreaming up new instruments to justify handing them new money.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis