How to Use oldster in a Sentence

oldster

noun

• The onus now appears to be on younger acts to fill the void as these oldsters retire to their mansions, yachts, and fifth wives and/or husbands.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
• In terms of stereotypes, the cranky oldster is one of our culture’s default settings.
  — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
• Oldsters need to get over our nostalgia for a pre-internet world.
  — Scott Canon, kansascity, 14 Aug. 2017
• Four tales include a bigot, oldsters who find youth in playing kick the can, a misunderstood boy, and a terrified man on a plane.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• In graduation ceremonies around the country, oldsters like me are called upon to offer a few words of wisdom.
  — Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
• So that could hit an Academy sweet spot, satisfying both the more conservative oldsters and the younger, leftier types.
  — Richard Lawson, HWD, 27 Sep. 2017
• While Hollywood would likely have made this story all about the two beautiful youths who must fight for their love, Cocteau sees something to care about in the quickly fading, quietly downtrodden oldsters getting in their way.
  — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
• Elderly dogs and cats may be too frail to interact safely with a rambunctious puppy or kitten despite the belief some people have that a younger animal may spark some life into the oldster.
  — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Nov. 2019
• His surprisingly active Instagram account, which has the tone of an endearing oldster fumbling with a new gadget, features his many opinions, some of them adulatory, some bitchy.
  — Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024