Sentence examples for essentially old from inspiring English sources

Every novelist, says Donoghue, is essentially Old Nick.

But "Ahab's Trade" is essentially old wine in a new bottle.

Some science fiction writers have assumed the mantle of mythmakers to lend substance to what are essentially old adventure stories in new dress.

It is a testament to the rate of change in the world of mapping, though, that Liquid Galaxy is now essentially old hat.

"Certain very old buildings way downtown on those really narrow streets near Delmonico's emit a mystical moldy essence that is essentially OLD New York.& 8221 Of course, Titone was not talking only about the city but the entire state.

Around 120 firms from France are showing their wares there, fewer than from China, the United States, South Korea or Taiwan, but more than from other European countries such as Germany and Britain.Some are big companies applying new digital technology to essentially old businesses, among them the cosmetics giant L'Oréal, drinks-maker Pernod Ricard and La Poste.

Heritage turkeys — essentially, old-fashioned varieties that are much bigger and take longer to reach maturity — are becoming increasingly popular, and they command top dollar.

Villages like Anversa degli Abruzzi, where the population of 290 is about a 10th of what it was 50 years ago, are essentially old-age communities.

Swann, though, is something else, a bowler who, for all his dad-rock hipster slouch, is essentially old-fashioned, his method diligently refined over many years in county cricket.

A big, generous, essentially old-fashioned novel in which a middle-aged, emotionally repressed travel writer returns to her native Ireland to confront not only her own history but that of her country.

"My Dream of You" is a big, generous, essentially old-fashioned novel, taking its unhurried time to tell a story and create a central character, to have a cool, long look at history and romance.