How to Use old country in a Sentence

old country

noun

• The dish with pork is what reminds me more of home, like the old country home.
  — Ilaf Esuf, SELF, 4 Jan. 2019
• So what drives the 80-year-old country legend to still record?
  — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2021
• If a Jew came to a village in the old country somewhere . . .
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
• Trust the relatives from the old country to figure out the rest.
  — Washington Post, 5 May 2021
• Those who grew up in the old country weren’t taught such things in village schools.
  — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
• The 67-year-old country singer is on the fall leg of her Reba: Live in Concert tour.
  — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
• And stories about vendettas in the old country in the mountains.
  — John Kass and Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020
• Fellow Jews from the old country found her house haimish, a cozy home away from home.
  — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2021
• Just three songs for the 88-year-old country music and culture icon.
  — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 31 July 2021
• There's so much legend and lore behind Hot Cross Buns, which date back to the old country.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
• But Kathleen O'Brien, born in the old country, had her sights on something else last week.
  — Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
• Up top, the 45-year-old country singer wore a black tuxedo jacket over a white shirt, black vest, and light bow tie.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2021
• Japan is the oldest country on the planet with almost a third of its citizens over the age of 65.
  — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2019
• But even in the old country, Old World parenting is getting a makeover.
  — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
• One of the last songs the 30-year-old country singer Cady Groves ever recorded was about being alone and not sure where to look for hope.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
• And boy, does this 39-year-old country-Americana artist have a story to tell.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
• Food from Weller’s Bistro and pastries from Petra’s Backstubchen taste just like the old country.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 June 2021
• Just below her on the screen, Alfre Woodard, in a gray hairpiece of her own, threw shade and spun tales from the old country — Sicily.
  — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
• My current music collection has a lot of A lot of blues, soul and old country.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
• The 38-year-old country singer shared a heartwarming clip of him cooking her up a homemade meal.
  — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 16 Oct. 2022
• But in some ways, death metal and old country music scratch the same kind of itch, Wunderle said.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 July 2021
• Irish Pete was Leneghan’s cousin, a 5-foot-8-inch carpenter from the old country, always ready to work.
  — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
• Love them or hate them, Club América means something to every soccer fan in the old country.
  — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• Mary was a unique singer who always sounded like someone on an old country record.
  — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
• The 60-year-old country music star took to social media on Sunday (June 12) to share the news about his illness with fans.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 June 2022
• The weather was picture perfect today for a long walk down my old country road.
  — Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
• The next day, the 44-year-old country music star appeared on the Today show’s fourth hour as Hoda Kotb’s surprise guest host.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2021
• Italy is now the world’s second-oldest country, after Japan.
  — The Economist, 29 June 2019
• The 54-year-old country artist will sing his own songs, other people's songs, and even make up songs about things happening on set.
  — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 12 Dec. 2021
• The 16-year-old country vocalist survived a less-than-stellar showing in last week's solos and duets to make the Top 16.
  — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2021

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024