old war-horse

Example Sentences

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Horace Greeley, the old war horse of the New York Tribune, bores in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

And the old war horse Bas Dost, who has been around longer than time itself, is on for Lang.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2021

Why, when I read this book, did I feel like an old war horse whose blood jumps when he hears the bugle sound?

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2018

The kitchen gives mapo tofu, that old war horse, a new lease on life.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2017

The sound of a shot and the splash of a duck had had the same effect on the Labrador as a trumpet call to an old war horse, and drew him as irresistibly.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford