hoary-headed
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of hoary-headed
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Midway through a discussion of the 1876 election with Eric Sevareid, Moyers had to apologize for suggesting that the hoary-headed commentator had been around that year: "Of course, you won't recall it personally, Eric."
From Time Magazine Archive
Off for Tasmania last week with 225 rubber balloons, large tanks of hydrogen and a short-wave radio receiving set sailed hoary-headed Robert Andrews Millikan, pious physicist of the California Institute of Technology.
From Time Magazine Archive
Imagine to yourselves a hoary-headed old man with imprints of the profoundest terror in his face, dressed poorly, like a peasant, but indicating, by his manner, unusual cultivation.
From The Serapion Brethren. Vol. II by Hoffmann, Ernst Theordor Wilhelm
And now the curtain was again withdrawn, And every form had vanished from the view, Save he who spake and hoary-headed Time; And Time still stood and dealt the hours away.
From A Leaf from the Old Forest by Cossar, John D.
It was eleven months and two weeks old, we were informed, and, therefore, a hoary-headed veteran as compared to Baby Paul.
From A Top-Floor Idyl by Van Schaick, George
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