old story
Example Sentences
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It’s an old story, but she makes it fresh through her convincing delivery.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 5, 2026
“That is an old story for Black folks,” she said.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
That is a very old story in America, and it has left Doukopil twisting in the wind.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
Ms. Low rehashes that old story, but concedes the delta is at least partially a product of the fact that “many women want to spend time at home with their children.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025
“Haunted?” said I. “Yes, indeed. There’s an old story says there are little men up here who play ninepins right down in that gorge in the twilight.”
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
