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age-old

ADJECTIVE
  1. belonging to or lasting from times long ago
    age-old customs
    the antique fear that days would dwindle away to complete darkness

How To Use age-old In A Sentence

  • America's most senior general was 'hoodwinked' by top Bush administration officials determined to push through aggressive interrogation techniques of terror suspects held at Guantánamo Bay, leading to the US military abandoning its age-old ban on the cruel and inhumane treatment of prisoners, the Guardian reveals today. OpEdNews - Quicklink: Top Bush aides pushed for Guantanamo torture
  • Eros is the age-old goad and rarely the sex act itself.
  • In itself, the letter will not stop fanaticism or allay age-old suspicions. Times, Sunday Times
  • It solves an age-old problem for makers of sterling silver. Times, Sunday Times
  • Writing letters to Santa Claus is an age-old Christmas tradition for children all over the world. The Magic of Macy’s « Happy Healthy Hip Parenting
  • Britain has an age-old tradition of Euro scepticism that goes back to well before the Second World War.
  • At least drinking a herbal brew gets around that age-old question of whether to put the milk in first or last. Times, Sunday Times
  • If we raise this money now, we will be preventing future generations from suffering this age-old scourge.
  • The struggle between abundance and abjection is an age-old story that has left physical and psychic scars on the watery landscape of the Delta.
  • The age-old institution is closing forever next Tuesday due to lack of funds.
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