of old

idiom

formal + literary
: in the past : in a time that was long ago
in (the) days of old

Examples of of old in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Such balances of old and new are subtle and telling. Holland Cotter, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024 Their imagination found shape as a 1920s-style restaurant that evokes the allure of old New York. Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2024 Kansas law requires the regular destruction of old ballots, but Sheriff Calvin Hayden for several years requested Sherman preserve them amid an ongoing elections investigation connected to poll worker management software previously used by the county. Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2024 Longtime Terlingua resident Bill Ivey and his family restored the Big Bend Holiday Hotel, a grouping of old buildings that now hold rooms in everything from a former mansion to the businesses in Terlingua's ghost town, and even his own family home. Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2024 The bouquet sits in a shop that makes copies of old curios. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024 The movie is both a throwback and a recreation of the time, a movie steeped in the glamor and mystique of old Hollywood. EW.com, 2 Mar. 2024 Though the number of agricultural lands dwindles by the year as development pushes east and longtime farming families tap out of the business, glimpses of old rural Florida can still be found in this part of town. Ryan Ballogg, Miami Herald, 29 Feb. 2024 Still, this is an exercise in meeting the memories of past players and introducing newer generations to the often brutal tactics of old game mechanics–and in this regard, Star Wars: Dark Forces Remaster knocks it out of the park. Matt Gardner, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024

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“Of old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20old. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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