Examples of old friend in a Sentence
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At the end of the day, sometimes an old friend and a bowl of ramen are as good as gold.
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Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Last November, an old friend of her mom’s reached out, saying a dive school was looking for someone with a disability to help kick-start its adaptive diving program.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
But one of the guests, an old friend of the football star, later confessed to conflicting emotions.
—Susan Schindehette, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Tano, meanwhile, arrives like an old friend who knows C-3PO and fellow droid R2D2.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The challenge was successful — shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. tagged Lopez slightly before his foot touched the base.
Salvy and Bobby (with a little help from replay review) team up to throw out old friend Nicky Lopez.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2024
One old friend won’t be there: Jay M. Pasachoff, who was a longtime astronomy professor at Williams College.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
In a twist of fate, his old friend and Rays teammate Peter Bendix reached out.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
When Dean’s friends stonewall her, Addison hires her father’s old friend, Porter Hayes, to look for him.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
Jack Dunn, Variety, 17 Apr. 2024
Last November, an old friend of her mom’s reached out, saying a dive school was looking for someone with a disability to help kick-start its adaptive diving program.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
But one of the guests, an old friend of the football star, later confessed to conflicting emotions.
—Susan Schindehette, Peoplemag, 11 Apr. 2024
Tano, meanwhile, arrives like an old friend who knows C-3PO and fellow droid R2D2.
—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
The challenge was successful — shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. tagged Lopez slightly before his foot touched the base.
Salvy and Bobby (with a little help from replay review) team up to throw out old friend Nicky Lopez.
—Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2024
One old friend won’t be there: Jay M. Pasachoff, who was a longtime astronomy professor at Williams College.
—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024
In a twist of fate, his old friend and Rays teammate Peter Bendix reached out.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
When Dean’s friends stonewall her, Addison hires her father’s old friend, Porter Hayes, to look for him.
—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 26 Mar. 2024
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“Old friend.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20friend. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.
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