old man

Example Sentences

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The old man was a hedge knight, meaning he wandered about Westeros renting out his protective services to monied houses and, occasionally, those in need.

From Los Angeles Times

“I hear that Pinkerton fellow uses voodoo magic to get those criminals to talk,” said one old man, shooting a wad of tobacco juice into the street.

From Literature

Rarely, too, does "the old man who saved the country" miss a chance to recall his heroics in the bush wars, sometimes exchanging his trademark safari hat for camouflage fatigues.

From Barron's

I do have that voice from my old man going, “Don’t come back and look me in the eye until you do this.”

From Los Angeles Times

It’s late in the film, it’s the 1960s, you’re portraying the character as an old man.

From Los Angeles Times