How to Use venerable in a Sentence

venerable

adjective
Definition of venerablenext
Synonyms for venerablenext
  • This is the 100th year of this venerable event in Chicago.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • With this set, the venerable brand has entered the bakeware scene.
    — Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
  • But there’s one venerable NFL head coach in his early 70s who still has a team in the playoffs.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2024
  • On that note: the venerable Art21 did a segment with Marshall about the creation of the windows.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The venerable movie studio takes a look back in this new docuseries.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Here are such venerable relics as frieze-blocks from the Parthenon, reproduced in blotchy, pulpy pink.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • That has led to a spate of innovations for and tweaks to some of TV’s most venerable programs.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The venerable jazz sax and flute player and composer has lived here with his wife, Dorothy Darr, for about 25 years.
    — Steve Hochman, SPIN, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Often, the recruiters would have the musicians play first at the Club 47, the tiny but venerable Harvard Square venue.
    — Richard Sandomir, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The Dodger Stadium broadcast booth and the street address of the venerable ballpark bear his name.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
  • And, in the meantime, SpaceX has been eating the more venerable aerospace giant’s lunch.
    — Popular Science, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Ford attributes the losses to the growing pains of what is says is a start-up business in the venerable company.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Nowhere has the explosion of new forms been more noticeable than with the venerable coral bells.
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Amid recent trends in both high and low ABV, perhaps no style has been left in the dust more than the venerable American pale ale.
    — Kate Bernot, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The headline-making deal that has left the venerable social media firm in his hands has, after fits and starts, come to fruition.
    — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Famous faces supply questions for the answers in a prime-time edition of the venerable game show.
    — cleveland, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The checks he’s written are to some of the world’s most venerable institutions.
    — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 2 Mar. 2022
  • His takeover of the venerable Harrods in 1985 struck many Britons as shameless brass, something akin to buying Big Ben.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • So how can anyone hope to fill her venerable heels in Season 21?
    — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The Country Club is long-established as one of golf’s most venerable venues.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2022
  • Foie gras ice cream My food quest kicked off with lunch at the venerable institution, Arzak.
    — Chris Dwyer, CNN, 5 Mar. 2023
  • But then the wily and venerable Wainwright managed to shut the door, reaching deep into his bag of tricks to allow only a single run to score.
    — Jamie Kitman, Car and Driver, 1 Apr. 2023
  • In addition to over-the-top amenities, from one of the city’s most sumptuous spas to gourmet fine dining, Aman Tokyo has long served as one of the city’s most venerable locales.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 26 Oct. 2023
  • For tonight, at least, the venerable show is generating headlines of its own.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 12 May 2022
  • But José Ralat, who has held the title of taco editor at the venerable magazine Texas Monthly since 2019, isn’t so dazzled by the kid.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Ratings have been in decline leading to doubts about the relevancy of the venerable awards show.
    — Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The achievement comes just over a week after Nvidia became the third most valuable U.S. company, leapfrogging the venerable Google.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Vonage, which is at this point a venerable company in the world of VoIP, scores poorly uniformly across all the metrics.
    — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Operated by the venerable British line Cunard, which has been sailing for more than 180 years, the Queen Mary 2 is a true ocean liner purpose built for transatlantic trips.
    — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2024
  • Plus, with the departure of Adrian Newey, one of the engineering keys to Red Bull’s success, a host of competitors are frothing, vying to snap the venerable race car designer up.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 19 July 2024

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