old man

Example Sentences

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"We lived like kings in our homes. Our life has become an ordeal," the old man said through tears, sitting on a mattress in his tent.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

"My old man was a football manager," he said.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

We meet him following a prologue set in a prison, where an old man is given the task of burning a batch of papers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

“I’m an old man and it’s taken me too long to connect the dots,” he says with a matter-of-fact sorrow.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The old man was spitting and shouting about voodoo trickery, and two women collecting their sausages chimed in with the gardenia man.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan