How to Use oldster in a Sentence

oldster

noun
  • Enough with the oldsters, what about those kids?
    — Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 June 2026
  • Oldsters need to get over our nostalgia for a pre-internet world.
    — Scott Canon, kansascity, 14 Aug. 2017
  • In terms of stereotypes, the cranky oldster is one of our culture’s default settings.
    — Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 11 Mar. 2017
  • The onus now appears to be on younger acts to fill the void as these oldsters retire to their mansions, yachts, and fifth wives and/or husbands.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Those devoted to the Charli cause will no doubt get more out of the film than an out-of-touch oldster like myself ever could.
    — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Four tales include a bigot, oldsters who find youth in playing kick the can, a misunderstood boy, and a terrified man on a plane.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Four tales include a bigot, oldsters who find youth in playing kick the can, a misunderstood boy, and a terrified man on a plane.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2019
  • In graduation ceremonies around the country, oldsters like me are called upon to offer a few words of wisdom.
    — Michael S. Roth, Washington Post, 29 May 2018
  • Most oldsters like myself still will probably find revisiting the piece enjoyable.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • So that could hit an Academy sweet spot, satisfying both the more conservative oldsters and the younger, leftier types.
    — Richard Lawson, HWD, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Elderly dogs and cats may be too frail to interact safely with a rambunctious puppy or kitten despite the belief some people have that a younger animal may spark some life into the oldster.
    — Iris Katz, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Plus, lest oldsters forget, Buckingham Fountain is romantic.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2025
  • His surprisingly active Instagram account, which has the tone of an endearing oldster fumbling with a new gadget, features his many opinions, some of them adulatory, some bitchy.
    — Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, 7 Aug. 2019
  • With each passing day, its oldster cast — including Alfred Molina, Alfre Woodard, and Geena Davis — is closer to the grave.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 31 May 2026
  • While Hollywood would likely have made this story all about the two beautiful youths who must fight for their love, Cocteau sees something to care about in the quickly fading, quietly downtrodden oldsters getting in their way.
    — John Defore, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 May 2018
  • But Italian brainrot’s invisible massiveness, totally foreign to oldsters but beloved by children across continents and languages, is a compelling and chilling showcase of our frazzled internet culture landscape.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Uncle Herschel, the seated oldster in Cracker Barrel’s iconic logo, is not only a character from corporate lore, the founder’s real-life uncle, but a representative, even an aspirational, figure for a certain kind of American.
    — Graham Hillard, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025

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