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

Many say the knowledge of their craft has been passed down to them by their elders, and they revere the ancientness of the practice, even if it sometimes earns them a sideward glance.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2021

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

Upon its face were stamped countless wrinkles and its blackness seemed less that of pigmentation than the weathering of unbelievable years, the very stain of ancientness.

From The Metal Monster by Merritt, Abraham