Example sentences for: hoary

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

  • 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.

  • 6: "From Hang Gliding to Hoary Marmots"

  • He also offers the hoary old `bitterness' or `rebelliousness' for Mary , whereas it is now thought that the name derives from the Hebrew root element MRH meaning literally `to be plump,' so in a transferred sense `strong,' `beautiful.

  • 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.

  • Last week, we challenged you to get from this page on hang gliding to this page featuring hoary marmots in six links or less.


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