old lady

Example Sentences

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But if she, a towering scholar of Yiddish literature, assumes the pose of a little old lady, don’t be fooled.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

"One old lady pays me with a pint mug of tea and two slices of toast".

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Read on: Want to be a rich old lady?

From MarketWatch • Jan. 16, 2026

To this, Oliver sarcastically replies, “No one needs your 17th-century old lady food and outdated social rules.”

From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025

And when she saw Satchmo, instead of doing the old lady wave and Hey, how's your mother, like some of the other grown-ups in the neighborhood, Ms. Adams just nodded slightly.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds