How to Use old-school in a Sentence

old-school

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  • Batiste even hit the crowd with the old-school Super Mario Bros. tune.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • But how does the latest film stack up to the old-school scares from decades past?
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Here's a guide to the spots still keeping the old-school glamor alive.
    — Tony Perrottet, WSJ, 5 Jan. 2024
  • So post about your good news, call a friend to share, or go old-school and shout it from the rooftops.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The buzziest new games this year are old-school couch co-op.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The menu is always changing the old-school way — via a chalkboard in the deli.
    — Alex Darus, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Get back to the basics of pie baking with this old-school tool.
    — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a new – and yet still old-school – way to de-stress and break free of the digital world.
    — Connie Ogle, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Here are four old-school hot dog joints well worth a visit.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 24 June 2024
  • The song playing this evening is an old-school classic.
    — Whitney Eulich, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023
  • If this were an old-school race, these would be the five nominees.
    — Kyle Buchanan, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Drop and give me 20 There was more of the old-school element at practice.
    — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Jurassic has a very hands-on, old-school way of thinking about things.
    — Catherine Duncan, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Despite the truck’s old-school look, each example is new from the ground up.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Maybe your go-to spot shines with old-school charm and an awesome old fashioned.
    — Rachel Bernhard, Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2024
  • This loveseat has some old-school soda fountain vibes in a very good way.
    — Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2024
  • Here are 9 old-school Southern beauty tips that haven’t gone out of style.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The karaoke host is none other than old-school hip-hop legend Kool Moe Dee.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • With retro baby names all the rage right now, these charming old-school monikers are ripe for the picking.
    — Elizabeth Kadar, Country Living, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Knit Sleep Gown is the ultimate modern update to the old-school nightgown.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • One thing to bear in mind is that this resource is truly an old-school index.
    — Donna Wares, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The space sits somewhere between an old-school lesbian bar and a homey restaurant, with black walls and pops of gold and pink.
    — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Bon Appétit, 17 Nov. 2023
  • My favorite old-school search trick is the Reddit shortcut.
    — Shira Ovide, Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • And there are also old-school mobsters, henchmen and thugs.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024
  • And in the championship round, two old-school joints went head-to-head in a run off that closed at midnight on Sunday, March 31.
    — Endia Fontanez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Apr. 2024
  • But, old-school calorie counting remains a go-to habit.
    — Christine Byrne, Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Belvedere, perhaps the most underrated course in the state and an old-school classic, slid up two spots to No. 6.
    — Detroit Free Press, 6 June 2023
  • The old-school details pave the way for a meal that revels in French tradition rather than fireworks.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Attaching it evokes the feel of an old-school stand-up jet ski, though without many of the benefits.
    — Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Tika Sumpter's parenting style is a mix of new-age and old-school philosophies.
    — Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024

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