Words similar to hoary

Example sentences for: hoary

How can you use “hoary” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Last week, we challenged you to get from this page on hang gliding to this page featuring hoary marmots in six links or less.
SLATE is proud to be launching this hoary custom of summer editorial sloth into cyberspace.
The Anglophobia returns when he buys into hoary theories that America foolishly accepted the "Open Door Policy" in China because the British had conned Secretary of State John Hay.
Lord Justice Peter Gibson ruled that these words could never convey that defamatory meaning: "I could have wished Miss Norman had told the hoary old joke contained in the subject of this libel action as it would have shown that, in addition to possessing the remarkable vocal and dramatic talents which have made her world-famous as a distinguished opera singer, she had an engaging sense of humour.
If they start looking a bit hoary, we discard them on the grounds that there are always new ones appearing, and, these days, language changes are so rapid that a usage might have become standard by the time a five-year interval has passed.