war-horse

Example Sentences

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Horace Greeley, the old war horse of the New York Tribune, bores in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Cast in 1633 by French sculptor Hubert Le Sueur, the bronze was designed to massage Charles’ ego, elevating his short stature atop an imposing war horse.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

In honor of its first opening night at the Met since 2019, the company dusted the cobwebs off a war horse, the three-act ballet “Don Quixote.”

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2022

And the old war horse Bas Dost, who has been around longer than time itself, is on for Lang.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2021

The sound of a shot and the splash of a duck had had the same effect on the Labrador as a trumpet call to an old war horse, and drew him as irresistibly.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford