graybeard

Example Sentences

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It’s a conceit that pays off the second a shambolic Michael Keaton makes his entrance as a graybeard puttering about a near-derelict Wayne Manor.

From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023

They might be a reality again as he keeps scoring into his graybeard years.

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022

He isn't the only graybeard playing at least one more season, though Chara won the Stanley Cup.

From Fox News • Sep. 27, 2021

The Stars also have talent up front in captain Jamie Benn, center Tyler Seguin and graybeard Joe Pavelski to matchup up with the Golden Knights’ talented forwards led by Mark Stone.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2020

There was that tone in his voice, that marvelous warmth, that made them all look not at Heth but at Lee, the graybeard, the dark-eyed, the old man, the fighter.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara