How to Use young and old in a Sentence

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• Hundreds of people, young and old, crowd the road in front of the tank.
  — Mosab Abu Toha, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The scofflaws were men and women, young and old, wild hair and no hair.
  — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 29 Jan. 2024
• The men were Black and white, young and old, covered in tattoos and clean-cut.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 14 June 2023
• People, young and old, danced and ate, while others brought clothes and shoes to sell to the crowd.
  — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2023
• And people young and old, to this day, still come up to me and ask about the story behind the song.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 18 Jan. 2023
• The video also includes B-roll of a young and old couple.
  — Cydney Lee, Billboard, 24 July 2023
• The festival welcomes young and old to gather and is free to all.
  — oregonlive, 19 July 2023
• There is a mix of different pines and hardwood trees, both young and old.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 23 Jan. 2024
• To attend, astronomers young and old arrived from near and far.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2023
• Knick fans, young and old and in between, want games like those starting Monday night.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 4 May 2024
• Police began pulling dozens of people, young and old, off the roadway.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024
• His son Asif Ali said that about 500 people, young and old, attended.
  — Isabella Kwai, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• Triple Hot Chocolate Hot chocolate is a favorite with young and old alike, and this recipe is a real treat.
  — Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Music lovers, young and old, have converged from all over the globe to this corner of Mississippi to hear the blues in the place it was born.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Mar. 2024
• It’s made up of people young and old, those who have sung consistently over the years and others who haven’t.
  — Abigail Gruskin, Baltimore Sun, 12 Apr. 2024
• Over the last 65 years, the famous elf has delighted young and old alike during the Christmas season.
  — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2022
• And attracting fans, both young and old, isn’t something new for SeatGeek.
  — Greg Engle, Forbes, 12 July 2022
• Instead, there was the milling of distraught crowds of young and old, men and women, around the Kabul Airport, queuing up for their last hope – a way out.
  — Time, 19 Jan. 2023
• Trout Pond allows guests young and old a chance at fishing trout for a small fee that will benefit the Michigan Bass Busters for a small fee.
  — Chandra Fleming, Detroit Free Press, 11 Jan. 2023
• Fill half of the plastic eggs with fun challenges (think: quack like a duck) to get everyone — young and old — in the holiday spirit.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
• That is to say, without good pay, many young and old simply quit to look for something that will keep them afloat amid high inflation.
  — Chloe Berger, Fortune, 29 May 2023
• Mixed-race couples could still meet with looks of disdain and sometimes with nasty remarks from white Borgans, young and old.
  — David Wright Faladé, The New Yorker, 4 July 2022
• Rae just hopes that the poignant message of the film and the rich, colourful storytelling will be as meaningful for audiences young and old.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 7 June 2023
• Men and women, young and old, nearly all Latino, waited for their five seconds with the pitcher.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• One other thing worsened: the wealth gap between young and old Americans.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 7 Mar. 2024
• Russia has declared total war on the country and its citizens, young and old.
  — Fiona Hill, Foreign Affairs, 15 Feb. 2023
• In a country that claims to be the spiritual home of the game, winning is winning — and men and women, young and old, are rooting for the Lionesses.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2023
• Take popcorn, for instance: It's long been seen as a standard yummy, healthy snack, a whole grain no less, enjoyed by people young and old.
  — Kaitlyn Phoenix, Good Housekeeping, 8 Aug. 2023
• Sheppard handles what could be a heavy subject with a light touch, teaching readers young and old how to approach life’s curveballs with resilience and grace.
  — Husna Haq, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2024
• Cell phones distract those young and old: Stateline reported findings from a survey of college students in 37 states and Alberta, Canada.
  — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024

Last Updated: 7 Sep 2024