How to Use hoary in a Sentence

hoary

adjective
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  • He bowed his hoary head.
  • The hoary saying about three being a crowd comes to mind.
    — Ben Brantley, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The old model, showing spring clothes in fall and fall clothes in spring, has started to seem hoary.
    — Matthew Schneier, New York Times, 4 June 2018
  • The good news is that this could trigger a legal challenge to hoary Supreme Court precedents.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Nothing chic and nothing stuffy and nothing raw; not the blaring screens of sports bars, nor the hoary formica of busy dives.
    — John Cotter, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • In the run-up to the vote, numerous headlines framed López Obrador's rise in global terms: The hoary specter of the now-deceased Chávez was raised once more.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 3 July 2018
  • Even the hoary old 2020 Nissan Frontier had keyless start.
    — Ezra Dyer, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2021
  • One of the best things about this show is, a lot of people are aware of my hoary old tricks, but a lot of audiences will be new to Esther.
    — Clark Collis, EW.com, 18 May 2021
  • The current clash has raised all forms of hoary specters in a country that’s no stranger to anti-democratic coups and plots.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the hoarier contents will be discovered in the days to come, though not before both chambers whoop the thing through.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The most recent, the hoary bat, is the only remaining native land mammal in Hawaii.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Hocus Pocus is always fast on its feet, in large part because of the hoary aplomb of Midler, Parker and Najimy.
    — Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 July 2019
  • As for the hoary assumption that princes of the Church whisper secrets to one another in a dead language, above our heads, please.
    — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 2 Jan. 2021
  • Hawaii Hawaii has named three state mammals: the humpback whale, the Hawaiian monk seal and the Hawaiian hoary bat, designated in 2015.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Paying for a tax cut today with the promise of tax increases or spending cuts down the road is a hoary old game in Congress.
    — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2021
  • Getting revenge for the death of a loved one is a hoary old trope in video games, and most of the time, the emotional connection the player is supposed to feel just isn’t there.
    — PCMAG, 13 Feb. 2023
  • This is the hoary divide that has split the industry for generations; the PC zealots and the console pragmatists.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 16 July 2021
  • His newest title has a hoary theme: plundering a pharaoh's tomb for treasure.
    — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 21 July 2018
  • There was a lot of talk of those hoary Hollywood truisms: movies as empathy, movies as dreams, movies as magic.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2018
  • From a distance, her prescriptions for how to live a good life may sound hoary: Connect with nature, value your loved ones, slow down.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The hoary old zombie drama has killed off perhaps the best character ever in this show’s entire eleven-year run.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 12 Apr. 2022
  • These species include big brown bat, silver-haired bat, eastern red bat, hoary bat, evening bat and eastern myotis.
    — Sheryl Devore, Lake County News-Sun, 23 Apr. 2018
  • In some places, Slater offers correctives to hoary old tales that confuse observers of the Arab–Israeli conflict.
    — Mike Watson, National Review, 3 Dec. 2020
  • There is also a whiff of Oscar Wilde here — the artist who can't quite believe that anyone would be foolish enough to apply hoary moral standards to the creative life.
    — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • When Seppala's wife dies shortly thereafter, her demise is signified in hoary fashion by a shot of a light bulb burning out.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Roaring back to life to condemn the moral failings of others is a hoary theatrical device that’s as old as drama itself.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2019
  • Internet firms can learn a lesson or two from hoary old carbon-belchers like ExxonMobil on how to avoid them.
    — The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Cheatgrass, Canada thistle, hoary cress and emerald ash borer complete the top 5.
    — Phil Drake, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Having your wedding list at Mothercare and Justerini & Brooks is an old, hoary, Sloaney joke.
    — A.a. Gill, A-LIST, 4 July 2018
  • This minor league team was as much a part of Rhode Island as quahogs, or Del’s Lemonade, or hoary stories of having once bumped into so-and-so the mobster at such-and-such a joint.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2021

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