of old

idiom

formal + literary
: in the past : in a time that was long ago
in (the) days of old

Examples of of old in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There were tins of old photographs and negatives of nitrate film reels from the 1800s and 1900s. Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2024 But that art will be made alongside other music, other art, not stacked on top of the corpses of old violins. Linda Holmes, NPR, 10 May 2024 And based on her research of old maps for what structures were in place in the 1920s, Walker said the tent would likely have been pitched on the southwest corner of Tournament and Chestnut. Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 9 May 2024 The scent of their decay is not unrelated to that of old beer. Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 7 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for of old 

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“Of old.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/of%20old. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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