How to Use old in a Sentence

old

1 of 2 adjective

• The hotel was old and dingy.
• He's an old man now.
• I wish you would stop wearing that dirty old hat!
• We rented an old black-and-white movie.
• She wore a T-shirt and an old pair of jeans.
• There's an old saying that good fences make good neighbors.
• We went back to visit our old neighborhood.
• The house we live in is 50 years old.
• What a start, and against his old team, too.
  — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
• What was old will be scrapped and sold for parts.
  — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 9 May 2026
• Donors must be at least 16 years old.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026
• The films must be at least 10 years old.
  — Jocelyn Noveck, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
• Old ties with the past might be broken.
  — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 Apr. 2026
• The old goods yard is full of restaurants.
  — Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026
• Many of these seeds are thousands of years old.
  — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
• The force said 31-year-old Cpl.
  — Sarah Dean, NBC news, 25 Apr. 2026
• Do the work to release old anger and find peace.
  — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 15 Jan. 2026
• Camejo’s youngest is nine months old.
  — Lisa Gutierrez may 1, Kansas City Star, 1 May 2026
• Bronny was 3 years old at the time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
• In the good old days, that boy's mouth would have been washed out with soap.
  — Mark Mondier, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2025
• Pete was just 7 years old at the time.
  — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• The world is telling us loudly that the old ways are not enough.
  — Glenn Llopis, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
• So, what does a 127-year-old wine taste like?
  — Pin Yen Tan 9 Min Ago, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026
• Court records show that the victim was 9 years old.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
• Michael Showalter is an old, dear friend of mine.
  — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026
• Are they supposed to let a 5-year-old child freeze to death?
  — Caroline Cummings, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
• Bartels turned 69 years old a few days ago.
  — Jesse Sarles, CBS News, 20 June 2026
• None of us can remember our lives at nine months old.
  — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
• The 20-year-old was a key cog of that machine.
  — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
• The 55-year-old faces a murder charge.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Sep. 2025

old

2 of 2 noun

• Young and old alike will enjoy the movie.
• But not all 16-year-olds are built that way.
  — Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
• This event is for 6- to 12-year-olds.
  — Pomerado News, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
• That’s tough on 19- and 20-year-olds….
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 20 Apr. 2026
• And that won't change as a pair of 27-year-olds step in.
  — Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Jan. 2026
• Eight-year-olds who can’t sit at a table and use a knife and fork.
  — Sarah Bregel, Parents, 15 July 2026
• Ella was one of the 15-year-olds.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
• Because that’s what 18-year-olds do.
  — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Feb. 2026
• Twelve years ago, four six-year-olds joined the Cub Scouts.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
• The 32-year-olds have pleaded not guilty to all charges.
  — Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
• How many of you have ever watched five-year-olds play soccer?
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2025
• Our six- and seven-year-olds ask why Mom didn’t come home.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
• Seven-year-olds are quite clearly a tough crowd.
  — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 22 Apr. 2026
• Those two 15-year-olds took my sandbox and my park away from me.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
• Teaching five-year-olds with special needs?
  — Literary Hub, 9 Apr. 2026
• No, no, no, these are not trafficked 12-year-olds, okay?
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 Mar. 2026
• The 24-year old allowed three hits and three walks, and struck out five.
  — Nick Tricome, Philly.com, 22 May 2018
• Ten-year-olds are public figures.
  — Josh Zajdman, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
• My first concrete lessons in food inequity came from eleven- and twelve-year-olds.
  — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
• Browse our roundups of the best baby jumpers and the best gifts and toys for 1-year-olds.
  — Jessica Hartshorn, goodhousekeeping.com, 4 Apr. 2023
• As far as walk up music for 11 & 12 years olds?
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 14 May 2026
• Think about the 15-year-olds in Australia right now.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
• Of course, the best preschool toys help foster all sorts of growth in 3 and 4 year olds.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
• Ellie followed in line with a dozen other three-year-olds.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
• Not many 28-year-olds have been more accomplished.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 1 June 2026
• Japan’s cohort of 20-year-olds has already halved from its peak.
  — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
• The program offers free preschool for 3- and 4-year-olds.
  — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• That’s up from just 6% of 25-year-olds in 2015.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2025
• But neither should 16-year-olds, or even 30-year-olds.
  — Catherine Thorbecke, Twin Cities, 28 Mar. 2026
• Kelly was struck by how present the two 29-year-olds were during the week.
  — Bennett Conlin, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025