Sentence examples for ancient staying from inspiring English sources

Junior had no desire to be the Tony Gwynn of Seattle: a lovable ancient staying put so he would not have to go through the trouble of redecorating another house in another baseball town.

The invasion didn't happen, but the books, many of them already ancient, stayed hidden and forgotten, as Mogaoku itself was for centuries.

What the heck is with all of these ancient players staying useful by hitting threes?

Aside from some ancient corset stays of my grandmother's, I hadn't, so he went to the store and returned with something which looked exactly like a shred of tyre, the kind of thing you see at the verge of the motorway if a lorry had a blowout.

In the mythical land of Tir Na Nog, the heroes and heroines of ancient Ireland stayed forever young and beautiful.

The Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner stayed with me for years as did Kubla Khan and The Highwayman.

The evocation of ancient Palestine, while staying faithful to historical detail, draws out parallels with conflicts in the region today.

We (my husband and I, and our sons, aged two and four) are travelling around its boundlessly rising butterscotch-blond dunes in the Adrar region, staying in ancient caravan towns.

"I can't stay ancient forever," she said.

And how sensible of the ancient Celts to stay away from roasted vole.

Turkey initially said no: but Lord Curzon, as British foreign secretary and chairman of the conference, thunderously insisted that the ancient office must stay put: otherwise "a shock would be delivered to the conscience of the entire civilised world".Liaising closely with the Archbishop of Canterbury, he said the office's removal would horrify Christians everywhere.