old soldier
Example Sentences
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One evening in the autumn of 1903, an old soldier strolling a Sawtelle street heard someone say the name “Russell.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
"We had a little more written, but it wasn't to be; at 93 years old, the old soldier had given us his best, and stepped away," he said.
From BBC • Dec. 3, 2023
Anthony Hopkins’s embattled old soldier, Titus, and Alan Cumming’s high-camp Saturninus both command attention, but Taymor deserves full credit for making the experience both horrible and appallingly funny.
From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2019
I sat in the suburban Dallas living room of Earl Crumby as the old soldier quietly wept.
From Washington Post • Sep. 11, 2015
She saw the charming, ugly face, talking so seriously about the interests of its honest heart She loved these interests—loved the old soldier to follow so faithfully his innocent love of God.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
