How to Use old-timey in a Sentence

old-timey

adjective

• Feed me memes and tinfoil and old-timey film strips.
  — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 6 May 2026
• Swinging doors, too, very old-timey.
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 26 Mar. 2026
• A little old-timey drama for you.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 9 June 2026
• The cheerful voice of a guide on a mic booms through the open-air cab of each old-timey bus.
  — Sonjirose Chin, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2026
• The cute old-timey parlor prides itself on making its own ice cream.
  — Monica Eng, Axios, 12 Sep. 2024
• This old-timey annual is one of your best sources of true blue in the garden.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026
• Others are total lemons (an old-timey way of saying a piece of junk).
  — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026
• Back in the old-timey days, killing off the star of a series was unthinkable.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 26 Mar. 2024
• Why is there now a bank of three old-timey telephone booths with men inside making calls?
  — Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
• But despite the fallout, the old-timey chain still has a chance to make a comeback.
  — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
• Brian is a jazz trumpet player and a little bit old-timey.
  — Laura House, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
• Players swig from beer cans and shout old-timey sayings at one another.
  — Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
• My dad’s old-timey ham and cheese sliders never fail to deliver.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
• Here's a look at some of our favorite old-timey ski spots in New England.
  — Todd Plummer, Travel + Leisure, 2 Mar. 2024
• The old-timey rhymes don’t lie; March certainly comes in like a lion.
  — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 Mar. 2026
• Out in the bay, swimmers in old-timey swim caps practice backstrokes and water skiers zigzag about.
  — Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
• My favorite was an old-timey road map hanging in a hallway on the lobby level.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 June 2026
• But you may be surprised by the old-timey charms of this beachfront American town.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 June 2026
• The young girl is petulant and bored at times, playing cards and listening to her grandma’s old-timey records.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
• Kiddie rides are located in a loop that resembles an old-timey country fair.
  — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2023
• Anyone looking for old-timey, medieval streets and structures, keep looking.
  — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
• The old-timey chain had recently scrapped major parts of its turnaround plan after right-wing backlash.
  — Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 17 Sep. 2025
• Set on full blast, the July is quiet; gone are those old-timey window unit vibrations.
  — Julian Chokkattu, Wired News, 12 May 2025
• Most stars try to keep themselves young; Crystal seems to position himself as an old-timey guy.
  — Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
• The lounge is dimly lit with red lights and features old-timey decor like vinyl booths and animal-print carpeting.
  — Jordyn Noennig, jsonline.com, 30 July 2025
• There should be some sort of old-timey baseball term that describes rotations and bullpens that get to rest between series.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• She's shown chained to a bed and being forced to take pills in the surreal video, which is shot like an old-timey silent film, title cards and all.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2024
• Stirring in ginger beer gives it the kind of bite an old-timey cannery worker would appreciate.
  — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
• Tradition frowns upon the mother of the bride shaking you down for more cash like an old-timey casino bookie.
  — R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 11 Oct. 2024
• Her vision for the shop is a cozy, dark and moody space with Victorian and old-timey influences.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 18 Sep. 2025