old man
Example Sentences
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Soon enough, she was beating her old man and learning on her own, scouring videos online for instruction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“I am the old man and I feel young because I can still go out there and do young-man stuff,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
There’s a well-known scene from a 2001 episode of “SpongeBob SquarePants” in which a mob of fish mistakes a feeble old man for a bully and attacks him.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2026
Casemiro was hooked because a teenager was making him look like an old man.
From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026
The newcomer was tall—much taller than the old man he had met in the shop.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
