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
"How do I sum this up? Same old story," said Slot after the game.
From BBC • Mar. 3, 2026
That is a very old story in America, and it has left Doukopil twisting in the wind.
From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026
Sipping their morning coffee, cracking open the newspaper, telling that old story they’ve told too many times.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025
“Now,” Nokomis said, “I can tell you an old story about my grandmother.”
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
