Dictionary Entry
Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.
In a Sentence
“an old abandoned building; an old friend”
Origin
Origin details are still being enriched for this entry.
Common Phrases
Poetry examples for “older”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →cry of “Art for Art’s sake.” Tennyson belonged definitely,
as did the large majority of his readers, to the older genera-
Read full poem →Love lessens breath by breath,
And kiss by kiss grows older
On listless throat or shoulder
Read full poem →with rods?
Will ye take her to chain her with chains, who is older than all ye
Gods?
Read full poem →Will ye bridle the deep sea with reins, will ye chasten the high sea with rods?
Will ye take her to chain her with chains, who is older than all ye Gods?
All ye as a wind shall go by, as a fire shall ye pass and be past;
Read full poem →Son of God the shining son of Time they called thee,
Who wast older, O our father, than they knew.
For no thought of man made Gods to love or honour
Read full poem →Sends up a column of smoke the Bothie of Tober-na-vuolich.
And of the older twain, the elder was telling the younger,
How on his pittance of soil he lived, and raised potatoes,
Read full poem →of modern ingenuity, than to embody the more perfect
creations of the older times.
Read full poem →Arnie was a couple of years older than the rest of us. He had spent a few
years in some boys’ correctional school. But even though he was older than
Read full poem →The first day we rode our bikes to Chelsey and parked them. It was a
terrible feeling. Most of those kids, at least all the older ones, had their own
automobiles, many of them new convertibles, and they weren’t black or