The hikers looked on in wonder as Iron Fritz, the famous octogenarian of the Alps, marched past them on the trail. From LearnThat.org.
I wasn't sure the graying old lady could take it, particularly when a certain octogenarian came rolling to a stop near the mound. From Wordnik.com. [Fenway a fitting place for memorable night] Reference
Yesterday's term was fertile octogenarian, which is defined as. From Wordnik.com. [Sui Generis--a New York law blog:] Reference
Her pseudo-marriage to the octogenarian was the worst kind of betrayal of the covenant. From Wordnik.com. [Too sad to watch?] Reference
Denny says it is the shape called octogenarian; because a man named Octagius invented it. From Wordnik.com. [The Wouldbegoods] Reference
Kirby: Her pseudo-marriage to the octogenarian was the worst kind of betrayal of the covenant. From Wordnik.com. [Too sad to watch?] Reference
We call the octogenarian one person with the embryo of a few days old from which he has developed. From Wordnik.com. [God the Known and God the Unknown] Reference
They are unloosed, and when the young or the middle-aged sit silent, the octogenarian is a fountain of conversation. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Harvest] Reference
Marius on that barricade after the octogenarian was the vision of the young revolution after the apparition of the old. From Wordnik.com. [Les Misérables] Reference
The octogenarian is the fifth longest-serving African leader after Omar Bongo of Gabon, in power since 1967, Moamer Kadhafi of. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Montreal, and M. de Olier, himself an octogenarian, officiated. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois] Reference
A youth of sixteen might thus be the father of an octogenarian. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12] Reference
Well-wishers like singer Carol Fredette crowded around the octogenarian. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila Jordan: A Unique Voice At 80] Reference
The modern slang on the lips of the octogenarian made Barraclough laugh. From Wordnik.com. [Men of Affairs] Reference
But the octogenarian egotist has something to tell about beside herself. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 43, May, 1861 Creator] Reference
"They've got to spread out or it's boring," the octogenarian says firmly. From Wordnik.com. [The Lady Is A Champ] Reference
Nor is Fahd the only octogenarian gulf ruler in residence near the waters. From Wordnik.com. [Calling All Mercedeses] Reference
Blackmun, the only octogenarian, might retire if his beloved Roe v. Wade goes. From Wordnik.com. [The Hands-Off Court] Reference
Lady Morgan, though now an octogenarian, was by no means pleased at these remarks. From Wordnik.com. [Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
"A Manchester octogenarian has just married a woman of eighty-six," says a news item. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 18th, 1920] Reference
An octogenarian, or even a younger person, could have conversed with both Williams and. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
Gladly would many a man of fifty exchange physique with this hale and hearty octogenarian. From Wordnik.com. [The Grand Old Man] Reference
There is nothing here to distinguish the poet from any octogenarian dozing in his armchair. From Wordnik.com. [The Poet's Poet : essays on the character and mission of the poet as interpreted in English verse of the last one hundred and fifty years] Reference
The record of a long life cannot be obliterated by the unsound theories of the octogenarian. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
The step of the octogenarian was elastic as that of a boy, his form erect as a mountain pine. From Wordnik.com. [The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author.] Reference
F. WHITF.ELD: And the prospect of these octogenarian Olympics meeting at the 20th Olympiad inspires me. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008] Reference
LYNN NEARY, host: And from a nonagenarian, we turn to an octogenarian who is still signing her heart out. From Wordnik.com. [Sheila Jordan: A Unique Voice At 80] Reference
Even if the octogenarian has lost a bit on his high hard one, this meeting appears something of a mismatch. From Wordnik.com. [A Meeting of Aging Lions] Reference
The feeble, octogenarian government official was led toward the bright red Beijing ballot box by his daughter. From Wordnik.com. [In China, A Missing Leader Reappears] Reference
That Landor, the octogenarian, has not been photographed by a more competent person, is certainly not my fault. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 102, April, 1866] Reference
Give the lady credit for rationally evaluating the benefits of marrying an incontinent octogenarian multimillionaire. From Wordnik.com. [The Biology of Love—Not] Reference
"Bravo, Lolly!" resounded through the theatre, from the nigger-girl in the upper gallery to the octogenarian in the pit. From Wordnik.com. [Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada] Reference
The octogenarian character actor classes up the third season of FX's biker drama as Katey Sagal's Alzheimer's-addled dad. From Wordnik.com. [Cheers & Jeers: Sons of Anarchy Adopts Hal Holbrook] Reference
John Mew, an octogenarian retired orthodontist, eliminated the problem of finding a castle by building his own from scratch. From Wordnik.com. [Challenges of Castle Ownership] Reference
The octogenarian will portray an anthropology professor in the season premiere of his NBC sitcom Community, which airs September 23. From Wordnik.com. [Stars Dish at the Stand Up 2 Cancer Fundraiser] Reference
Miss Emily, hostilely convinced that it was not her business to contribute to the happiness of any octogenarian Hun, shook her head. From Wordnik.com. [The Tin Soldier] Reference
William Paley, CBS's octogenarian founder, is so fond of CNN that he toyed with the idea of a CBS version of it in his own prime time. From Wordnik.com. [Ted's Global Village] Reference
The odd thing is that Gamal's father, octogenarian President Hosni Mubarak, has never once hinted at what, or who, might follow his reign. From Wordnik.com. [Egypt Reads the Campaign Posters] Reference
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