How to Use over-the-hill in a Sentence

over-the-hill

adjective
  • The value of superstars Matthews and Nylander aren’t over-the-hill stars either.
    — Jonas Siegel, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In season one, Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Catherine was the queen of self-abusing, hard-living, and heading-over-the-hill entertainment veterans — women who were trapped behind a façade of slick showbiz tics that barely covered the active volcano of psychosis bubbling right under their surface.
    — Merrill Markoe, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In Season 1, Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, who goes by the nickname Stick, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • In Season 1, Owen Wilson stars as Pryce Cahill, who goes by the nickname Stick, an over-the-hill, ex-pro golfer whose career was derailed prematurely 20 years ago.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 7 May 2026
  • Mike lives a lonely life seemingly devoid of any interiority, working for an over-the-hill crime boss known as Money (Nick Nolte), whom Mike has managed to piss off with his less-than-spotless latest burglary.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Jake Johnson stars as Dusty Boyd, an over-the-hill tennis pro slumming it as a children’s tennis teacher at his father Chuck’s (Ed Harris) country club, where pickleball is squeezing out tennis.
    — David Faris, TheWeek, 6 July 2026
  • Tom Basden, who co-wrote the script with Tim Key, plays an over-the-hill rock star who unknowingly is paired with his bitter ex-partner, played by Carey Mulligan, for a private concert on a remote Welsh island.
    — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Dec. 2025

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