Examples of old hand in a Sentence
He's an old hand at working on cars.
with 25 years on the job, Vinnie was the old hand everyone went to with their problems
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But Latta is an old hand on the committee and a longtime nuclear energy booster.
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
The mixture of new blood and old hands, Long says, helps the agency identify new directions and figure out the best way to fund them.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 7 Feb. 2025
His crew is mostly high school students collecting community service hours along with old hands who have been using wobbly ladders, ropes and pulleys for years to string long strands of lights from the cedars’ graceful branches.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Every step is a struggle, but Janken perseveres, her 96-year-old hands tightly gripping the railing.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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Daniel Moore, Axios, 15 Feb. 2025
The mixture of new blood and old hands, Long says, helps the agency identify new directions and figure out the best way to fund them.
—Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 7 Feb. 2025
His crew is mostly high school students collecting community service hours along with old hands who have been using wobbly ladders, ropes and pulleys for years to string long strands of lights from the cedars’ graceful branches.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Every step is a struggle, but Janken perseveres, her 96-year-old hands tightly gripping the railing.
—Lisa Boone, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Old hand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20hand. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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