[
UK
/wˈɔːhɔːs/
]
NOUN
- a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition
- horse used in war
- an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
How To Use warhorse In A Sentence
- I don't understand why a ballet company can't perform fresh new material instead of just bringing out the same old warhorses year after year.
- Manchester City football club's old warhorse, still fighting fit at 36, was sent off for fouling after half an hour.
- Holmes however was just seen in an exhibition fight, so it might be that the old warhorse will still step in the ring despite what the public would hope.
- The old warhorse is not ready to be put out to pasture just yet. Times, Sunday Times
- However, the one demonstration he excelled at was portraying a knight's destrier (the Latin term for a warhorse).
- He did not survive and there will have been enough irony to fill the old warhorse's veins in what his new side produced. Times, Sunday Times
- Was this a happy addiction, as the old warhorse dragged out the wig and heels? Times, Sunday Times
- One old warhorse followed another. Times, Sunday Times
- Manchester City football club's old warhorse, still fighting fit at 36, was sent off for fouling after half an hour.
- David Wetherall and Mark Bower were always on top of old warhorse Wayne Allison, who on Saturday's evidence looks past his sell-by date.
