How to Use graybeard in a Sentence

graybeard

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  • The wait looked to be about 2-1/2 hours, according to a venue stagehand, a graybeard in a black T-shirt.
    — Jerry Beilinson, Popular Mechanics, 25 Mar. 2014
  • Forty-year-old Manu Ginobili isn’t the only graybeard on the Spurs who is turning back the clock this season.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2017
  • The captain of this enterprise is a graybeard named Darcy, played by none other than Patrick Stewart.
    — A. O. Scott, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2016
  • Yes, the blue hairs and graybeards had old-school cameras for their audience with the King, perfect for a race car owner who keeps tabs of his meet-and-greets on a paper schedule.
    — Dan Gelston, The Seattle Times, 30 June 2017
  • Chara assisted on Carlo’s goal, while both graybeard Sharks logged 0-0—0.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The Vikings in the second half played like a team in fear of screwing up as opposed to the confident gang of ballers who were the last threat to the graybeards of the undefeated 1972 Miami Dolphins.
    — Brian Murphy, Twin Cities, 3 Jan. 2017
  • The Braves invited 25 non-roster players to spring training and Kipnis is not the only graybeard with a resume.
    — Ray Glier, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
  • What gives Feldman conviction is not merely test results, but also the long view of a Valley graybeard.
    — Fortune, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Lang’s futile search for a home for his graybeard reprise nicely mimicked how unsettled hippiedom’s legacy still is.
    — Tom Carson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2019
  • In Jakarta, a graybeard captain, speaking to me on the condition of anonymity, described the attitude of the new owners toward their pilots.
    — New York Times, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Every rebound, opponents knew this literal graybeard was going to be right there, maybe grabbing the ball, maybe tipping it.
    — Mike Jensen, chicagotribune.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The Masters leaderboard this year has a bit of everything: young superstars in their prime, graybeards trying to make one last run at a green jacket, and plucky underdogs who no one expected to be in contention.
    — Brad Reagan, WSJ, 9 Apr. 2017
  • No one is more appreciative of the veteran additions than Saffold, who was the lone graybeard on an impossibly young offensive line the last two years.
    — Vincent Bonsignore, Orange County Register, 6 June 2017
  • While Trump is talking tough for the benefit of his base, his team has been trying to soothe the jittery nerves of Republican establishmentarians and graybeards around town.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2017
  • At 39, Beyoncé — who per academy tradition lost the major prizes but won several genre awards — was practically the graybeard of the night.
    — Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2021
  • Aaron Zimmerman, Copyeditor: Too many crotchety graybeards in this thread.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Apr. 2020
  • But aside from nabbing graybeard Carter on a one-year deal, Sacramento mostly left Jackson’s projected position (small forward) unaddressed.
    — Chris Johnson, SI.com, 8 Aug. 2017

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