Example sentences for: venerable

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

  • Two weeks ago, Sara Lee Corp., the venerable manufacturer of baked goods, Jimmy Dean sausages, Hanes T-shirts, Kiwi shoe polish, Brylcreem and, yes, the Wonderbra, announced that it would be divesting itself of its manufacturing operations to become a company whose main business was the marketing of its brands.

  • The venerable craft of exquisite handmade paper goods, stationery, and bookbinding is easy to find.

  • Its now-you-see-it-now-you-don't habits have haunted English speakers of virtually every generation since The Venerable Bede was an altar boy.

  • (The alternative origin here was doubtless proposed from the outrageous idea that a venerable university city should have such a rustic name.)

  • Across the street, the venerable Royal York hotel, refurbished to something of its 1929 grandeur, provides a businessmen’s palace as appropriate counterpart.


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