oldness
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“What was the relationship between personal fear of oldness and the ways in which oldness was structured in society?” she asks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Nostalgia became a default listening mode — and for me, the cumulative oldness felt distressingly new.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2021
What is most astonishing about Pinus longaeva is not the age of any single organism but the collective oldness and otherness of its entire community.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 13, 2020
The oldness of the idea was part of the sale.
From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2014
But it was the noble oldness of self-respect.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
