ancientness
Example Sentences
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Bounding around the stage shirtless with a disconcerting lope that suggests something’s off with his hip, he simultaneously owns his ancientness and defies it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
Much of the magic of its ancientness and its continuity is lost forever.
From Slate ● Apr. 17, 2019
The trumpets and the ancientness were proof of our survival; and the king’s young daughter would rule the peace.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 16, 2017
On my pilgrimages, I mostly just walk around, letting the beauty of the city — all creamy towers, oak trees and ancientness — transport me.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2016
The paint was peeling off the rickety old carved galleries; the arabesques over the windows were chipped and worn;—the ancientness of the place rendered it doubly picturesque.
From From Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray
