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old-line

How to use old-line in a sentence

Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.

His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.

Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.

In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

But with all her advantages Miss Solomonson failed with the old lord, and she abuses him to this day.

We shall recover again some or all of the steadfastness and dignity of the old religious life.

And furthermore, I imagine something else about this—quite unlike the old Bible—I imagine all of it periodically revised.

The old man seemed to be greatly agitated, and hurriedly whispering, "We thought you were never coming, sir!"

Our talk ranged from the Panhandle to the Canada line, while our horses jogged steadily southward.

RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985