Her bedroom was so peaceful, but not old-lady rosy. From Wordnik.com. [Four Blind Mice]
I think it's possible that I actually have old-lady tastes. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
At the time, I felt she dressed in a rather dowdy, old-lady way. From Wordnik.com. [Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed!)] Reference
She was noticing something else besides the little old-lady back. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
She quit wearing those old-lady dresses and began to look halfway human. From Wordnik.com. [More Than Human]
Aunt Lucía is wearing one of her dark old-lady dresses with polka dots. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting for Snow in Havana] Reference
My friend Naomi really wants me to get a pair of old-lady orthopedic shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Old Lady Shoes] Reference
Elise leaned over the counter to give her a peck on her soft old-lady cheek. From Wordnik.com. [Watcher 3] Fire Watcher]
Her comforter looked like an old-lady quilt, compared to Courtney's satin one. From Wordnik.com. [Nineteen Minutes]
Perhaps she was hampered by arthritis or memory loss or some other "old-lady sickness.". From Wordnik.com. [Hate] Reference
She was around fifty-five years old, short and fat, and she was wearing old-lady shoes. From Wordnik.com. [Manchild in the Promised Land] Reference
"Any ladies you've got your eye on?" she old-lady stage-whispers, leaning in like a drunk. From Wordnik.com. [Una LaMarche: Emmys: The Live Blog] Reference
Most people in rainy climates have an umbrella, hooded slicker, or plastic old-lady scarf. From Wordnik.com. [Healthy Living] Reference
Not that having silver hair would eliminate the other two -- or even having old-lady knees. From Wordnik.com. [My embed in Iraq, continued: Turning up the heat in Kuwait....] Reference
They were made to wear with pants, but to the untrained eye they looked like old-lady stockings. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
Erma and Maureen, her grandma's old-lady friends, are seated at the table glaring at each other. From Wordnik.com. [Dead Mothers] Reference
I was fortunate that I was trying to pluck one of those old-lady chin whiskers and not a stray eyebrow. From Wordnik.com. [Seeing my Mexico surroundings] Reference
In her sweet, soft, old-lady voice she asked him to go back downstairs to my room, where he could sleep as long as he liked. From Wordnik.com. ['Slash'] Reference
It then tried substituting the old-lady euphemism down there, and even that was promptly rejected by two of the three networks. From Wordnik.com. [How to Advertise Down There] Reference
"I live in one of those old-lady garment-worker socialist buildings which has now gone capitalist," she said from the Lower East Side. From Wordnik.com. [Eight Day Week] Reference
My husband's boxers and a 10-year-old nursing bra (the brassiere equivalent of old-lady, waist-high, 'don't wear on a date' underpants). From Wordnik.com. [tartan boxers, "who farted?" t-shirt] Reference
Linux People need to build a new "old-lady Mint-OS". From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
Maybe Linux People need to build an "old-lady Mint-OS" ..?. From Wordnik.com. [LinuxQuestions.org] Reference
'And you could take no lodger but one of the old-lady type.'. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of the House, V1] Reference
I mean, he was designing old-lady dresses for Olympic athletes. From Wordnik.com. [TiFaux] Reference
And to describe it as "vintage old-lady" was an understatement. From Wordnik.com. [PegasusNews.com stories] Reference
She writes bleak, dull, rural, old-lady tales, which of course bores teens. From Wordnik.com. [Boing Boing] Reference
Fat suit, old-lady makeup, pince-nez spectacles … maybe some fake pearls?. From Wordnik.com. [The PlayBook] Reference
But even in her old-lady makeup, she's the one spark of light in the whole movie. From Wordnik.com. [Damn Hell Ass Kings] Reference
'Susan's old-lady hair is proof that no-one can imprison your dreams' said Winfrey. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference
Do you want to fry your turkey this Thanksgiving but the "old-lady" won't let you?. From Wordnik.com. [Lockergnome] Reference
Out neighbor agrees) to have kind of old-lady colors. From Wordnik.com. [readersguide Diary Entry] Reference
I think it makes a change from my plain old-lady style. ". From Wordnik.com. [Temporary Wife]
I didn't know how to do old-lady makeup until I got this part. ". From Wordnik.com. [Hoffman a Hit as Old Lady Gaga] Reference
"Calliope," I said, "tell me what you have really planned for the old-lady party. From Wordnik.com. [Friendship Village] Reference
Gotta get this pedicure working if I’m going to wear my new old-lady sandals to work tomorrow. From Wordnik.com. [sa-land Diary Entry] Reference
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