How to Use the old guard in a Sentence

the old guard

noun
  • Who says the old guard can’t evolve?
    — Crai S Bower, Outside, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The old rules and the old guard don’t apply anymore.
    — Chris Vannini, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2026
  • But a culling of the old guard is now in full swing, which isn’t unusual.
    — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
  • But Chuck Schumer and the old guard prefer the old ways.
    — Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But Forest cannot rely on the old guard alone.
    — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • In jazz, like all artforms, the vanguard can become the old guard in the blink of an eye.
    — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • The clubhouse model has also found traction with the old guard.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
  • There’s also a group of younger firms that have achieved a level of success to rival the old guard.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 31 July 2023
  • So, that is going to be a struggle for the entire season, with the old guard and the new guard.
    — Demetrius Patterson, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Now the far right is channelling a lot of its frustration toward the old guard in the Army.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Some members of the group were skeptical that an employee of the old guard could be a reformer.
    — Noam Scheiber, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Public fights between young insurgents and the old guard often play out in the media.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 13 June 2023
  • Voters want change and are fed up with the old guard in American politics.
    — Amie Parnes, The Hill, 18 Mar. 2025
  • For example, the old guard often suggested that fish should only be paired with rosé or white wine.
    — Karla Walsh, Southern Living, 9 Dec. 2024
  • But eight years later, most of the old guard has been thoroughly conquered or converted.
    — Lisa Lerer, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
  • But there’s still an unspoken rivalry between the newbies and the old guard.
    — David Whitley, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the youngest players take over in ways the league has never experienced, the old guard is eager to help them along.
    — Dan Robson, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For decades the old guard has held the line in the South, but the drumbeat of change grew like a fight song on a college football field.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The turbolift doors to Seven’s bridge remain open for the old guard to boldly go along with the younger cast.
    — Phil Pirrello, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Apr. 2023
  • If Broadway is changing faster than the old guard can keep pace, the same is true for the culture in general.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
  • This five-year-old bourbon stands with the best of the old guard in Kentucky and Tennessee.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Once the old guard was no longer in the picture, the new investigation ramped up with remarkable speed.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Season 3 will see an evolving New York, where the old guard has been usurped and new socialites run the town.
    — Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the moderates, who signed onto this deal, also very much represent the old guard of the party.
    — Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 11 Nov. 2025
  • While many citizens had hoped for a change, the results confirm continuity with the old guard rather than a shift.
    — Amindeh Blaise Atabong, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
  • While the old guard will probably stick to their traditional knitting, there is a growing new guard with a much more open mind.
    — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • The new hires clashed with the old guard, leading to tensions, according to multiple miners.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But every so often, there’s a generational shift as several members of the old guard leave at once.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 June 2023
  • As some of the old guard reaches the later points of their careers, viewers can watch as the new generation fights to make their way to the top.
    — USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2024
  • It’s been framing its fight against Disney as one for consumers, a case that challenges the old guard’s pricing playbook.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Jan. 2026

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