age-old

Example Sentences

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Clarke is short of width and pace - an age-old problem.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

As the age-old adage goes, “too much of a good thing is a bad thing.”

From Salon • May 7, 2026

This drama about grief, family secrets and the strange new world of AI, poses age-old existential questions for a dizzying technological era.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

They are waulking the wool, an age-old tradition for rendering tweed soft and airtight so that it might keep the shepherds of the Scottish Hebrides warm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

These events repeated a pattern that was age-old, a pattern that had made the Miramichi one of the finest salmon streams in North America.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson