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
"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
"My old man was a football manager," he said.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 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
The soldiers glanced around disgustedly at this room filled with women and one old man.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
