young and old

Example Sentences

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That means engaging with men – young and old – in every space.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

It will also help for young and old workers alike to become very familiar with artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 1, 2026

At exercise time, a crowd gathered in the prison yard -- young and old, slender and paunchy, all with shaved heads.

From Barron's • Jan. 30, 2026

When they compared knee cartilage from young and old mice, they found that 15-PGDH levels roughly doubled with age.

From Science Daily • Jan. 20, 2026

Then I laughed, too, just because people young and old are more or less the same everywhere.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver