oldish

Example Sentences

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The all-purpose reply is designed to disarm oldish people who dispense condescension dressed up as wisdom.

From Washington Post

What inspired the creature who was “shortish and oldish and brownish and mossy?”

From New York Times

“He’s in a hurry. We’d—” then I saw another man, an oldish man running heavily, clutching a stick, and a boy naked from the waist up, clutching his pants as he ran.

From Literature

Or, more to the point, it might remind oldish viewers of a certain kind of observant, clever but unambitious independent film that came to prominence in the era it depicts.

From New York Times

Its mindset is in some respects still that of an old hand in an oldish tech sector.

From Economist