old-fashioned

Example Sentences

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Our phones eventually gave us more options, but old-fashioned score-checking got worse.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

But those of us who have loved her well and long from across the pond do; it’s about time Walker got some good old-fashioned American adulation, which, with any luck, “Alice and Steve” will provide.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

“It was kind of incredibly old-fashioned, but very sweet. We kept waiting for buyer’s remorse, but it never happened,” she recalled.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

By 1989, the Slow Food Manifesto was signed by over 20 global delegates - pledging to "escape the tediousness of fast-food" by "defending old-fashioned food traditions".

From BBC • May 22, 2026

She had used this same quill many times before without complaint, but the mere thought of the gleaming new fountain pen made it seem hopelessly old-fashioned, like a prop from a play set long ago.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood