How to Use oldie in a Sentence

oldie

noun
  • This recipe's an oldie and a favorite in my family.
  • This one’s an oldie but a goodie, y’all!
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • There were a few oldies that caught my attention.
    — Lyndsay C. Green, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Dazzle the next church potluck (or book club) with this oldie but goodie.
    — Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • But another part of me wants to watch these oldies suffer in the new era.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • From now until five in the morning, the best of the oldies for you, until the dawn.
    — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 22 Oct. 2024
  • The old Taylor may be dead, but Swifties' love for the oldies sure isn't.
    — Nina Braca, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Turns out that country oldies are indeed coming.
    — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 18 May 2026
  • But most bait users stick to tried-and-true oldies — minnows and worms, crawdads and crickets.
    — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026
  • These are just a few of the many reasons for behavior changes in our golden oldies.
    — Kim Campbell Thornton, sacbee, 21 July 2017
  • An oldie but a goodie, apple-picking is the date that keeps on giving!
    — Alyssa Girdwain, Women's Health, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Carson [Daly] was great, and all the co-hosts, the oldies but goodies, were a blast.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Concert series with Bay area bands ranging from rock and pop to soul and oldies.
    — Lisa Herendeen, The Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2019
  • Starting off right, Kalisway drops in an oldie and a goodie from Solange.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 23 Apr. 2021
  • Woroniecki listened to Irish tunes, oldies and songs her father made.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • There is no shame in taking kitchen shortcuts, and this oldie, but goodie is a no-brainer.
    — NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
  • Andy Cohen hosts this revival of the oldie about singles who go on dates than blab about it.
    — Kristi Turnquist, OregonLive.com, 28 May 2017
  • The show tunes stayed in their corner, and the Pussycat Dolls oldies stayed in theirs.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Rancheras, funk and oldies blasted everywhere.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • The new Beaches is most charitably viewed as an oldies act for a movie.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
  • This oldie is a goodie with its thick and creamy consistency and crunchy topping.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • This oldie is a goodie with its thick and creamy consistency and crunchy topping.
    — Emma Ashe, Southern Living, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Add in sweet service and some of the best people-watching anywhere, and this oldie is a goodie.
    — Michael Klein, Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • All of these oldie but goodies arrive on Prime Video on March 1.
    — John Archer, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
  • That bodes well for fans who want to hear the oldies on the Cure’s upcoming tour of Europe.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 6 June 2026
  • Parts and Labor in Melvindale The list was filled with oldies, so how about a new place.
    — Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Think an old-fashioned soda shop and ice-cream parlor, with red-vinyl booths and a jukebox for throwing on some oldies.
    — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 11 June 2026
  • This oldie but goodie boasts 8 benefits in 1 and is available in 5 shades.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 7 Jan. 2022
  • All four Jaws films will also roll out, along with oldies Footloose and Top Gun.
    — Peggy Truong, Cosmopolitan, 26 Aug. 2016
  • Morrow, now 89, plays oldies on Saturday nights.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026

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