old man
Example Sentences
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“I’m an old man and it’s taken me too long to connect the dots,” he says with a matter-of-fact sorrow.
The pajamas are the kind an old man would wear.
From Literature
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When we step down to set foot on dry land, I see an old man sitting by the edge of the sea, singing.
From Literature
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Brendan said he had met several men who remembered working there when they were boys, with one specifically remembering an old man sitting by a fire darning sacks which they carried corn and flour in.
From BBC
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.