Examples of olden in a Sentence
What was life like in the olden days?
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New York has long loomed large in the traveller’s imagination, most notably in the olden, jet-setting days when getting there was half the fun.
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Nicholas D. Lowry, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In the olden days, writers were taught to put the mark –30– at the bottom of a story to indicate the end.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Of course today the Tiergarten is statues, but in olden days was a real hunting ground for Berlin’s elite, with deer and wild animals.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
The midwife suggested finding a milk donor — a concept Christensen thought was just for the olden days.
—Meredith Newman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
In ye olden days, these cards would store some actual data like contacts and messages, but with the advent of smartphones, all of that moved to the cloud.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
In the olden days, people applied perfume and talcum powder to try to cover up the smell of BO.
—WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
In ye olden days of 2012, e-books were often cheaper than hard copies.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
However, the cost of living has risen in Seattle since the olden days, and these jokers are making about the same salary.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 5 May 2023
Nicholas D. Lowry, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
In the olden days, writers were taught to put the mark –30– at the bottom of a story to indicate the end.
—Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Of course today the Tiergarten is statues, but in olden days was a real hunting ground for Berlin’s elite, with deer and wild animals.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
The midwife suggested finding a milk donor — a concept Christensen thought was just for the olden days.
—Meredith Newman, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
In ye olden days, these cards would store some actual data like contacts and messages, but with the advent of smartphones, all of that moved to the cloud.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2023
In the olden days, people applied perfume and talcum powder to try to cover up the smell of BO.
—WIRED, 30 Sep. 2023
In ye olden days of 2012, e-books were often cheaper than hard copies.
—Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
However, the cost of living has risen in Seattle since the olden days, and these jokers are making about the same salary.
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 5 May 2023
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“Olden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/olden. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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olden
adjective
old·en
ˈōl-dən 
: of or relating to earlier days
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