oldfangled
Example Sentences
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You might find yourself saying “nope,” too, once or twice, in a way that’s really tantamount to saying “yes” to “Nope’s” shivery pleasures, which feel both oldfangled and new.
From Washington Post • Jul. 20, 2022
It nearly makes you believe that within the same oldfangled men and women we’ve known for centuries, new people may really be ready to emerge.
From New York Times • Jul. 19, 2018
The idea of investing in a character who isn’t essentially evil or bad seems oldfangled, even quaint.
From Salon • Apr. 1, 2017
Nov. 13: So much about Ms. Giddens could scan as oldfangled mannerism: the minstrel banjo, the mountain songs, that folk-operatic alto.
From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2015
As a royal whim, the entrance way, recently paved with silent, hygienic rubber blocks, was repaved last week with oldfangled flagstones.
From Time Magazine Archive
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