How to Use spring chicken in a Sentence

spring chicken

noun
  • Neither of them is a spring chicken.
    — Jeanne Phillips, Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Orton is still just 42 years old, which is like a spring chicken in pro wrestling these days.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Though its participants are not spring chickens, their lives are also far from over.
    — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2023
  • Jones, also 29, is also no spring chicken.
    — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Mr Tinubu, no spring chicken at 65, is thought to want the top job himself.
    — The Economist, 31 Jan. 2018
  • At 51, de León would have been a spring chicken by Senate standards.
    — Pablo Manríquez, The New Republic, 11 May 2023
  • But the main takeaway here is that not only is Sondheim now gone, his peers are no spring chickens, either.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Of course, James Taylor is still going strong as a spring chicken-like 74.
    — Howard Homonoff, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Today, his mane is still luxurious and his manner dignified, but the tiny horse is no longer a spring chicken.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Furthermore, Gerard Pique is no spring chicken, and edges closer and closer to the end of his career.
    — SI.com, 29 June 2018
  • Not exactly spring chickens in a game predicated on leveraging speed.
    — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Though not a spring chicken anymore, Foreman is still more than confident in his ability to defend himself, and win, in the ring.
    — Jonathan Saxon, The Courier-Journal, 4 Mar. 2021
  • And, though no spring chickens, Brian Eno and Jai Paul are marking fall with their first-ever solo tours.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Despite his fine physical condition, Robert Markle, at 54, had been no spring chicken.
    — Dave Duffey, Outdoor Life, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And, at 65, Corker is positively a spring chicken in the Senate.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 27 Sep. 2017
  • While no spring chicken at 33-years-old, Mandzukic would come in as a temporary fix to those striking difficulties on a deal that's length has not been specified.
    — SI.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Mills, who is 78, is trying to dislodge Susan Collins, a spring chicken at 73, in Maine’s Senate race this fall.
    — Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Darius Rucker isn’t exactly feeling like a spring chicken after a recent onstage mishap at a Hootie & the Blowfish concert.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 14 Oct. 2024
  • His daughter Najin, 28, and granddaughter, Fatu, 17, are considered spring chickens.
    — Faith Karimi, CNN, 20 Mar. 2018
  • However, those familiar with the game might remember playing it way back in gym class or at a summer camp—pickleball is no spring chicken, the sport was actually invented in 1965.
    — John Thompson, Men's Health, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Being without two of the team's top perimeter defenders (guard Kris Dunn, no spring chicken at age 31, will have to step up in their absence) could seal the Clippers' lottery fate during this next stretch.
    — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025

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