Thesaurus / timeworn
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Transhumance is a timeworn and yet still relevant practice across Europe and the Mediterranean that sees sheep, goats and cattle herded many miles, linking ecological areas and sometimes making really phenomenal cheese on the way.
HERD COMMUNITY: MODERN-DAY RANCHINGSEAN CULLIGANJULY 2, 2021OZYIt was an altar-tomb, broken and timeworn and almost covered with an accumulation of earth and moss and leaves.
VIRGINIA: THE OLD DOMINIONFRANK W. HUTCHINS AND CORTELLE HUTCHINSHe leant against the fountain, playing with the cool water which fell with monotonous rhythm into the shallow timeworn basin.
THE GATHERING OF BROTHER HILARIUSMICHAEL FAIRLESSYou seem to have inherited the timeworn theory that the War of 1914 was entirely provoked by the junker class of Germans.
THE GREAT PRINCE SHANE. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIMTen minutes later, a young woman descended from the timeworn hack.
GIRLS OF HIGHLAND HALLCAROLYN WATSON RANKINSometimes this throat uttered Yes, sometimes it uttered No; sometimes it made inquiries about a timeworn denizen of the place.
THE RETURN OF THE NATIVETHOMAS HARDYBeyond the fountain, before the timeworn cloister, sat an aged brother surrounded by monks.
THE HIGHER COURTMARY STEWART DAGGETTThe brother, waiting without, led them across ancient flagstones to timeworn steps of generous dimension.
THE HIGHER COURTMARY STEWART DAGGETTNear the park entrance is the almshouse, with its timeworn gables of yellow stone against the dull red of the tile roofing.
IN UNFAMILIAR ENGLANDTHOMAS DOWLER MURPHYFeeling certain of defeat at the polls, the partisans of the latter candidate resorted to the timeworn expedient of a revolt.
THE HISPANIC NATIONS OF THE NEW WORLDWILLIAM R. SHEPHERDWORDS RELATED TO TIMEWORN
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