old folk
Example Sentences
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Out in the fields of the Jordan valley, Palestinian women still sing old folk songs as they harvest the olive groves.
From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024
China's 1980 to 2015 one-child policy means smaller families are expected to support the old folk, some of whom would have no choice but to seek professional elderly care, investors say.
From Reuters • Mar. 3, 2023
Wong, of Los Angeles County, likened Newson’s proposal — and the idea that counties have extra money to implement it — to the old folk tale about making soup from a stone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2022
“I don’t like all this patriotic madness, the speeches and slogans and public singing of old folk songs. I don’t have any labels attached to me saying ‘I’m Ukrainian’ because I don’t need them.
From New York Times • May 24, 2022
His bow glided back and forth, his fingers danced across the strings, and a lovely old folk song filled the room.
From "The Wild Robot Escapes" by Peter Brown
