hoary
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Lyrically, Kahan is reckoning with his newfound fame – without recycling hoary old clichés where "every hotel room looks the same" and "nobody understands the real me".
From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026
This hoary habit embodies the conservative philosophy of family life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
But sometime over this last winter — that numbing, hoary stretch between mid-February and March — I decided this might be the year to reclaim a bit of seasonal delight.
From Salon • Oct. 7, 2025
It wasn’t; it was a hoary old chestnut that had already proved its inadequacy.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2024
It was a very grey day; a most opaque sky, “onding on snaw,” canopied all; thence flakes fell at intervals, which settled on the hard path and on the hoary lea without melting.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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