of old

Idioms  

1. Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade. This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.

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Example Sentences

Cyclic’s operation in Mesa will have the capacity to handle 25,000 tons of old equipment a year.

From The Wall Street Journal

Tolkien, a scholar of Old English, studied the “theory of courage” found in poems such as the ancient epic “Beowulf,” redeeming what he called the “noble northern spirit” from the fascists who would pervert it.

From The Wall Street Journal

They brought flowers, and, to the rhythm of old salsa music, the family cried, recalled anecdotes, and toasted in honor of the young soldier whom they remember as "a brave man."

From Barron's

As the median age of South Korea's society rose, however, these people were "no longer on the verge of old age but at the centre of society", he says.

From BBC

From this place of old age and treatable illness, Julian ruminates on the fallible nature of memory and its role in shaping our identities.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• age-old
• antique
• crumbling
• former
• old-fashioned
• old-time
• original
• outmoded
• primitive
• traditional
• venerable