old lady

Example Sentences

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“When she was in the mumu she was a tiny old lady.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“She passed on when I was a boy. Sweet old lady. Baked a lovely lemon cake.”

From Literature

To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

From Salon

"Yes, I would love to go on a mission someday. When I'm an old lady, maybe I'll get a chance to go back in space."

From BBC

When he tried to replace a Bunn coffeepot with a fancier machine, the “old ladies” who come in each morning protested—“I want to see my coffee,” they said.

From The Wall Street Journal