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old-world

ADJECTIVE
  1. characteristic of former times especially in Europe
    an old-world cottage

How To Use old-world In A Sentence

  • That is to say, Linda is in and out of both cultures, believing in old-world traditions and embracing the new ideals of a liberated woman.
  • It's a town with a lot of old-world charm.
  • Even then, it's mostly old-world primates who are trichromatic; for new-world monkeys, only some females (depending on individual inheritance rather than species) are trichromatic. Drunk On Color
  • Here, raised-panel cabinets crafted of knotty pine evoke the old-world charm of French country kitchens.
  • an old-world cottage
  • The dancers who twirl their way to the top of the leaderboard will get to perform at the spectacular old-world ballroom. The Sun
  • The new galleries and studios are not Old-World museums which can be described as architectural wonders, or as monolithic buildings that have a story behind them.
  • The pronghorn is more closely allied to deer than old-world antelopes.
  • Since 1947, the store has captured the time-honored tradition of baking authentic, old-world bialys.
  • 'To find other people's unposted letters in an old pocket; to be seen looking at oneself in a street-mirror, or overhead talking of the Ideal to a duchess; to refuse Nuns who come to the door to ask for subscriptions, or to be lent by a beautiful new acquaintance a book she has written full of mystical slipslop, or dreadful musings in an old-world garden --' More Trivia
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