How to Use old hand in a Sentence

old hand

noun
  • He's an old hand at working on cars.
  • Even old hands at the game can learn about new types of tackle, baits, and lures.
    — Bob McNally, Field & Stream, 11 May 2020
  • This coming year will bring a slew of new mysteries from old hands.
    — Paula L. Woods, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Erik and Deirdre soothe her, clearly old hands at calming her down.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland.com, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Toussaint is an old hand in dealing with pets.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Across town, the Mets’ new manager has proven a wise, old hand.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2022
  • The press agent Sy Presten is an old hand in the gossip business.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • The only lousy part was spending five hours wearing an old hand-me-down life jacket.
    — Emily Reed, Outside Online, 8 May 2018
  • And 1984 promises to be a good entry point for old hands and new.
    — Wired, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Try your luck at panning for gold in the river or from the dig pile, while getting pointers from the old hands.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2019
  • Role playing games no longer require someone new to be brought into the hobby by an old hand.
    — Rob Wieland, Forbes, 27 June 2022
  • For the old hands out there, Applovin is DoubleClick on steroids.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Chevron is an old hand at exploiting the void in independent news.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Jackson, a senior, is an old hand at Brownstock, having played two years in a row.
    — Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Chicken seems easy, though old hands know that the creature contains multitudes.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The team also scanned old hand drawings of vintage pieces and prints for Hays to reference.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 19 Oct. 2021
  • Trump, a newcomer to elective office but an old hand at salesmanship, broke that mold.
    — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Perspective is one of the few advantages afforded an old hand.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 13 June 2021
  • The sweet moment was captured by fans at the show, and even shows the 9-year-old hand Swift something in return.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Zeke, a junior, plays the role of the old hand and older brother to the precocious Luke, a freshman.
    — Patrick Z. McGavin, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Many have earned their places at the McDonald’s tables, where the old hands don’t go easy on the younger challengers.
    — Marie Fazio, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2019
  • By the time their paths crossed nearly two decades later in a dusty, eastern Afghan village, all three men had become old hands at war.
    — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Fittingly, old hand Patty Mills did his part to drive home Popovich’s point about defense.
    — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2021
  • Coy Cronk, a junior, and Brandon Knight, a senior, are old hands at the tackle spots.
    — Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 12 July 2018
  • To see an old hand like Clark make sparks with a newcomer like Cooley is to feel how quickly the world spins forward.
    — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Dame Jane Glover, an old hand in this repertoire, rowed easily through the score with a big, pinwheeling beat.
    — Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2024
  • In this election, Biden was the old hand, with Harris being the junior, first-term senator.
    — Tal Kopan, SFChronicle.com, 9 Nov. 2020
  • 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
  • Many old hands of the tech industry snootily dismiss his bets on Yahoo and Alibaba as flukes.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • Carter is an old hand in the sister city business, having been involved with Pasadena’s efforts for more than 30 years.
    — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 16 Jan. 2020

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