old-world

Example Sentences

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Historic freezes in 1894 and 1895 nearly eradicated the industry, its first and last real brush with old-world calamity.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

Now new owners Peter and Kirsten Kern are betting they can revive the old-world craft firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

As well as dressing up, they also try to replicate the posture, behaviours - such as using a fan - and "old-world way of speaking" of the Regency period.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

The kind that reeks of washed rinds, that crunches with tyrosine crystals, that bears the name of a tiny European village in delicate, old-world type.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2025

The problem was just that it took forever to translate old-world Farsi into English.

From "A Very Large Expanse of Sea" by Tahereh Mafi