How to Use hoary in a Sentence

hoary

adjective

• 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
• We’re seated on one of the concrete benches near enough that our knees touch, both looking straight into the camera; both hoary and stern-eyed.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024