Sentence examples for as elder from inspiring English sources

The Chinese press often referred to them as "elder brothers".

I hate this expression, but do you see yourselves as elder statespeople of the theater?

Ed Koch often came by, first as mayor, then as elder statesman and Uncle Without Portfolio.

In his later years, Mr. Pollack appeared to relish his role as elder statesman.

Chris Johansen and Phil Frost are present as well, almost as elder statesmen.

As Elder regards life from a safer shore, she sees that it's sweet, and she reports what she sees.

It is nearly dusk as Elder Dangerfield and Elder Chiromo try to squeeze two last hours into the day.

"My working relationship with John-Henry took a seismic leap forward when I abdicated as elder brother.

A group of children call out "mzungu" — "foreigner" in the Luganda language — from the shade of a mango tree as Elder Lee leaps over a crevice.

Eventually, Rabbani vacated the palace and assumed a role as elder statesman, in his residential complex, not far from the present U.S. Embassy.

The pope, a Pole himself, raised the tone in 1997 by referring to Jews as "elder brethren", a phrase from a famous nationalist poem.