old man

Example Sentences

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The richest old man in Omaha and his handpicked successor are not predicting a crash.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

They see me every day the players, this old man, and think 'what's he doing here?'

From BBC • May 16, 2026

"We lived like kings in our homes. Our life has become an ordeal," the old man said through tears, sitting on a mattress in his tent.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Mr. Ireland draws the reader’s sympathy toward Trotsky, to a point, as an old man out of the game who did not deserve to be killed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“You! The old man there. I see you believe in the Bible.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom