old-world
Example Sentences
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The reborn Maybach struggled for sales against the old-world incumbents, Rolls-Royce and Bentley.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 2, 2026
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
Although Rachmaninoff never returned, he remained thoroughly old-world Russian.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
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
Jenna's still old-world enough to do better with the greeting: "Good afternoon, Grandmother Das," she says, bowing her head slightly.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
