How to Use old-timer in a Sentence

old-timer

noun

• To the old-timers, this was war.
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 31 May 2025
• The old-timers try to stay in touch.
  — Miami Herald, 27 May 2026
• What's life like for the old-timers who stayed?
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 23 May 2025
• Other old-timers and close friends stopped by to lend a hand.
  — Caleb Gayle, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
• The owner and barista hold court with the two old-timers at the counter.
  — Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
• The movie is all about old-timers, and it’s filled with real old-timers.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 19 Feb. 2026
• Sosa hugged the old-timers on stage and the current players seemed thrilled to meet him.
  — Jon Greenberg, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
• The housing tide is shifting, and for now, the edge has gone to the stodgy old-timers.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
• With two outs, the Rays put five straight men on base and the old-timers were dancing in the aisles.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• Designed with the needs of senior dogs in mind, this recipe helps keep beloved old-timers going strong.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
• Does the town still have a past outside the fading memories of its old-timers?
  — John Carlisle, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
• But the art of physical scorekeeping isn’t just for old-timers.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 24 Apr. 2026
• Fortunately, the old-timers’ tales and warnings proved to be a bit overblown.
  — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• For decades, old-timers like me figured there was just no way anyone could get to 894.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
• Some bargain hunters poked around, while a handful of old-timers walked the halls for exercise.
  — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
• Which is maybe closer to what some of the neighborhood’s old-timers loved about it to begin with.
  — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Dec. 2024
• Some old-timers would tough it out in tennis shoes to be extra quiet while walking through the woods.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 13 Mar. 2024
• An old-timer from the van, Ray Insalaco, came in to help box up the desks.
  — Jay Kirk, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2023
• The older Democrats in my area are old-timers in overalls who’ve been farming their whole lives.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2024
• In the last few months, six people have moved into the town, most of them relatives of the old-timers.
  — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
• Hence, the elimination of the 'old-timer' from the signage.
  — Anna Commander gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
• Some days Mager will stop to have a Key West old-timer tell a story from his porch.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• The three-wheelers are a far cry from the old-timers that only a year ago cruised the streets spewing clouds of black smoke.
  — ABC News, 10 July 2026
• Then an old-timer hoarse and exigent with years bugled like a braying donkey.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2 May 2024
• Meanwhile, the two clueless old-timers in her orbit natter on about their man problems.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
• But the feverish erosion has startled old-timers and newcomers alike.
  — Brady Dennis, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2023
• Forst praised Kotsay for his ability to teach the game to a roster that was full of first-timers and old-timers.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
• Get these two old-timers their AARP cards and shingles shots already.
  — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023
• But the membership began to decline in the 2010s as the old-timers died off.
  — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 14 June 2023
• Audrey sees anybody new in the silo — plus some old-timers like Eater — as a drain on the dwindling food supplies.
  — Noel Murray, Vulture, 10 Jan. 2025