old-time

Example Sentences

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"It's Christmas and I've lost my daughter and she's out and about in Cardiff having a good old time, enjoying her life," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

You’ll have a grand old time with this week’s Slate News Quiz.

From Slate • May 9, 2025

I had a grand old time watching Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn” at a critics’ screening before the general public got to it, which means I was mostly unspoiled by discourse.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Unfortunately, I can't just drop into an English bakery any old time to pick some up in person, so I was left to figure out how to make croissant butter on my own.

From Salon • Jan. 5, 2024

In the books of some memories it was the best time that ever sloshed over the world—the old time, the gay time, sweet and simple, as though time were young and fearless.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck