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

The grand old man of Victorian letters was once a young romantic whose grief-soaked verse still dazzles and unsettles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

“My only relief is that he’s an old, old man and he’s not going to be here forever.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2026

Instead of crashing, the unidentified flying object had “descended slowly, gently, like an old man settling into a bath.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

“What was the old man doing, prowling around on a night like this? I’ll bet he was sopping wet.”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls