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old guard

NOUN
  1. a faction that is unwilling to accept new ideas

How To Use old guard In A Sentence

  • He discovered the valve which guards the _foramen ovale_ in the fœtus; and he not only verified the observation of Etienne as to the valve-like fold guarding the entrance of each hepatic vein into the inferior vena cava, but he also fully described the _vena azygos_. Fathers of Biology
  • Tom was the last of the old guard who were a group of true community policemen.
  • He looks to take the initiative and encourages what the old guard would have considered dangerous or risky strokeplay. The Sun
  • In other words, the old guard is changing - not unlike a snake shedding its skin.
  • It will not be easy to winkle out the old guard and train younger replacements.
  • Her forthright manner and whirlwind energy raised the hackles of some of the old guard. Times, Sunday Times
  • John, who is just shy of 80, belongs to the old guard of journalism.
  • Radical reform was, of course, opposed by the old guard.
  • Watford's new owner, Laurence Bassini, has effected an about-turn over plans to introduce his own associates to the board, choosing instead to work only with the existing old guard of Graham Taylor, Stuart Timperley and David Fransen. Liverpool pick up extension for new Stanley Park stadium from council
  • The conservative old guard had re-established its political supremacy.
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