graybeard

Example Sentences

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Also notably beating the odds are three graybeards, each of whom is in the final year of his contract.

From New York Times

At 39, Beyoncé — who per academy tradition lost the major prizes but won several genre awards — was practically the graybeard of the night.

From Los Angeles Times

Afterward, another graybeard pulled me aside and explained, impatiently: “We don’t have contingency plans for that. It would be like trying to make contingency plans for the Earth colliding with the sun.”

From New York Times

Yet, while calling a human a “graybeard” or a “blue hair” is an insult, “silverback” is synonymous with “alpha.”

From New York Times

Even as they hold the lead in Democratic polls, these guys aren’t aiming to play wise graybeards.

From Los Angeles Times