olden
IPA: ˈoʊɫdʌn
noun
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Howell County, Missouri, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Eastland County, Texas, United States
verb
- (intransitive, old-fashioned or rare) To grow old; age; assume an older appearance or character; become affected by age.
adjective
- From or relating to a previous era.
- (archaic) Old; ancient.
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Examples of "olden" in Sentences
- It's funny how many men in olden times had feminine-sounding names.
- Prayers were not more commonly answered, miracles were not more commonly performed in olden days.
- On the way back from swimming, I mentioned that - in olden times - sailors couldn't always swim, which took us to press gangs, and Nelson's navy.
- Back in olden times, say the early 1990's, a time of linear media and a small clutch of manageable news outlets, candidates routinely pivoted right (in GOP primaries) and left (in Democratic primaries) knowing that for the general election they could slide towards the center to build the winning coalition of their own party faithful, plus independents and a sprinkling of disaffected voters from the other party.
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