How to Use old guard in a Sentence

old guard

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  • And for the first time, the old guard was close to losing all three, Austin said.
    — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Part of the region’s old guard, Bostock came on the scene in 2002.
    — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The 26-year-old guard’s fourth NBA season has been one of fits and starts.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2021
  • All of which leaves the old guard at a distance, at least for the moment.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • Hearts was shot six times, and a 46-year-old guard was shot twice in the stomach.
    — Sylvia Goodman, chicagotribune.com, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The 18-year-old guard will not travel with the Spurs on their three-game road trip.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Oct. 2021
  • The point still stands that Utah Tech might play out as a last look at the old guard and a first look at the new.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The new guard also looks older and more guardian than the old guard.
    — Scott Galloway, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Will Saturday be a final farewell to the old guard and the first look at the new one?
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Like Jeffries, many in the party see Clyburn as a bridge between the old guard and the new one.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Dec. 2022
  • But the old guard has lost its hold, and that trendline doesn’t seem likely to change.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • In the next two years, the old guard board members, many of whom had served since the group’s creation, all dropped off.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • He was seen as younger, hipper, and more urbane than the old guard moguls.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2022
  • His critics see him as a member of the same old guard the protest movement hoped to oust.
    — Washington Post, 12 June 2021
  • The 33-year-old guard has been one of the steadiest shooters on the roster.
    — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 19 Jan. 2021
  • This paradigm shift didn’t sit well with the old guard.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • The new guard is also eager to push out the old guard, Semati said.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021
  • The old guard assured me that the new guard did indeed depart from here.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • For many on the New Right, the magazine represents the old guard.
    — Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Will the old guard stay in power a bit longer, or is now the moment the league moves into the future?
    — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • Bronny, an 18-year-old guard, and Bryce, a 15-year-old forward, are playing on the same team for the first time.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2022
  • Her say-anything bravado has won cheers from a base eager to stick it to the state’s old guard.
    — Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Less than 24 hours after returning from the trip, the Warriors waived the 23-year-old guard.
    — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Oct. 2022
  • But after Putin became president in 2000, the era of the old guard largely came to an end.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • The Post Oak location is where Tony’s became a go-to for the old guard, nouveau riche and A-listers, alike.
    — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 10 Sep. 2020
  • The trade would net the Lakers a versatile 6-foot-1, 27-year-old guard who was one of the NBA’s premiere sixth men a season ago.
    — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • By the quarter-final, the entire old guard had vanished.
    — Jacob Sweet, The New Yorker, 26 Mar. 2021
  • The 35-year-old guard returned to action on March 14, and Hill spoke about the injury for the first time at shootaround Thursday morning.
    — Jim Owczarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Nonetheless, the existence of a big divide between the new and old guards in entertainment is taken as gospel by the unions.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The awards marked a big night for Hollywood’s old guard and a disappointment for streaming companies.
    — Thomas Buckley, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2024

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