old-time

Example Sentences

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The journalist James Agee’s merciless portraits of his subjects remind Mr. Frazier of “those old-time operations that were done on a kitchen table without anesthetic.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Francis, 48, says some of the old-time shoemakers have given up trying to create footwear from scratch, and now just fix the mass-produced shoes that have put them out of business.

From Barron's • Oct. 26, 2025

At least the Lee family stuck to old-time parenting.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 17, 2025

Around here, we enjoy a good story about an old-time guy preserved in a bog.

From Slate • Jul. 26, 2025

After their first year at boarding school in Albuquerque, Tayo saw how Rocky deliberately avoided the old-time ways.

From "Ceremony:" by Leslie Marmon Silko