old lady
Example Sentences
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“You must tell Emma that her manners make me feel like an old lady. Which I’m not. I’m young and very hip, despite the gaggle of children running around here.”
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An old lady, old like a grandmother, sat on the bench in the waiting room.
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When the ceremonies were over, Sadako led the others straight to the old lady who sold cotton candy.
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The arrival of the new priest, scandalously young and bringing all the old ladies to mass several times a day.
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More of a shady old lady than Swiss nobility.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.