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
And the album’s episodic title track, featuring a soulfully assured Charenée Wade on vocals, sounds both oldfangled and vibrantly present tense.
From New York Times ● Jun. 10, 2015
Mexico's squarejawed, hard-eyed President Emilio Fortes Gil is an oldfangled rough-and-tumble battling lawyer with a newfangled humanitarian conscience.
From Time Magazine Archive
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