old-timer

Example Sentences

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The University of Iowa’s Stanley Perlman, another coronavirus old-timer, says it’s important to keep looking for new human ones.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 11, 2024

Luis Angel Firpo in the old-timer category and Theresa Kibby in the women’s trailblazer category were the other fighters in the class.

From Washington Times • Dec. 7, 2023

An unexpected departure for the duo was “The Straight Story,” a 1999 Disney film starring Richard Farnsworth as an old-timer driving cross-country on his riding lawn mower.

From Washington Post • Dec. 12, 2022

I am an old-timer, started following the Dodgers and Vin’s voice in 1947, when Jackie Robinson came up.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2022

It made him feel like an old-timer, venerable.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee