How to Use old guard in a Sentence

old guard

noun
  • Some of our old guard would be old.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The old guard will say, ooh la la and the newbies will say, wow!
    — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, 8 July 2019
  • The new guard also looks older and more guardian than the old guard.
    — Scott Galloway, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
  • If the party’s old guard falters, look out.
    — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • So look for the hits from the old guard to keep coming Bernie’s way.
    — Willie Brown, SFChronicle.com, 25 Jan. 2020
  • All of which leaves the old guard at a distance, at least for the moment.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 26 Sep. 2020
  • He was seen as younger, hipper, and more urbane than the old guard moguls.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2022
  • But the old guard has lost its hold, and that trendline doesn’t seem likely to change.
    — Adrian Walker, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2022
  • And for the first time, the old guard was close to losing all three, Austin said.
    — Kaitlin Durbin, cleveland, 13 Feb. 2022
  • More concerning is how many of the old guard seem to prefer it that way.
    — Natasha Frost, Quartz at Work, 4 Nov. 2019
  • The old guard assured me that the new guard did indeed depart from here.
    — Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2022
  • With the cast expanding this season, some of the old guard will have to die.
    — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2018
  • His critics see him as a member of the same old guard the protest movement hoped to oust.
    — Washington Post, 12 June 2021
  • The 27-year-old guard added three blocks himself in the clincher.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
  • Her say-anything bravado has won cheers from a base eager to stick it to the state’s old guard.
    — Michael C. Bender, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The new guard is also eager to push out the old guard, Semati said.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 16 June 2021
  • That leaves Block and Crow alone in the old guard, moving forward.
    — oregonlive, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The elder Pitino is part of college sports’ old guard.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Hayes has milestone night The 36-year-old guard had a night for the record books.
    — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 13 June 2026
  • So far, however, the trade dispute has played into the hands of the old guard.
    — Weijian Shan, WSJ, 13 Aug. 2018
  • In the next two years, the old guard board members, many of whom had served since the group’s creation, all dropped off.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 13 Aug. 2021
  • Will Saturday be a final farewell to the old guard and the first look at the new one?
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • The 35-year-old guard has played just two games for Golden State.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The 27-year-old guard looked like the Warriors’ best player ….
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Will the old guard stay in power a bit longer, or is now the moment the league moves into the future?
    — Dallas News, 5 Feb. 2021
  • The point still stands that Utah Tech might play out as a last look at the old guard and a first look at the new.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Things began to change in the 1980s as the old guard started to die off or move away.
    — Jake Blumgart, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • In the Hamptons, old guard versus new guard doesn’t just apply to people.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 1 June 2026
  • In fashion terms, that which divided the old guard from the new came down the proportions of their pants.
    — Chioma Nnadi, Vogue, 18 July 2019
  • Part of the region’s old guard, Bostock came on the scene in 2002.
    — Gina Decaprio Vercesi, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2023

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