Sentence examples for half centuries old from inspiring English sources

The character is over two and a half centuries old, having been given her advanced longevity by injecting herself with vampire blood, as well as reliving the 20th century from time travel.

Would the audience in 2016 make smart choices, or confused ones, about music already a half century old?

Efforts to encourage quicker reading are at least a half century old: the educator Evelyn Wood commercialized speed-reading techniques in the late nineteen-fifties.

The unifying factors are an abundance of maple trees and the age of the houses -- most of them more than a half century old.

And the music and poetry inspired by the Black Power Movement never sounded better - or more timely -- despite the fact that these recordings are nearly a half century old.

(b) Instead of framing this in a half century old debate, why not anchor it in contemporary scientific issues and questions?

Bureaucratic documents more than two-and-a-half centuries old cannot wring their hands or weep.

Its antiquated electric grid includes decaying, half century-old equipment.

It was impossible, of course, and not only because he was close to being a half century older than the pastor.

INSIDE TRACK: A half-century old, but forever young.

Consider the nation's dams, on average a half-century old.