Sentence examples for he was rather old from inspiring English sources

He was rather old, always had a cold, and was charming and courteous.

He was rather old at the age of 31 to be content with a research assistantship, however, and resigned the position late in 1844.

He's rather old and infirm from the start of the show and his clumsy comments are wounding but you can almost think he's trying to help.

The well-disguised fact about Einhorn, though, is that he is rather old-fashioned.

The first was that Uncle Walter was rather old when he died and many of his suits had been around for at least half a century.

"That dog was rather old, but quite loving," he said.

So I look through the catalog and see one particular stallion who was rather old at the time, but he was a beautiful dark brown and sort of muscular.

The printing, binding and distribution operations are still very labour intensive and the equipment was rather old but that made it all the more impressive.

This division had fewer than its normal contingent of soldiers, and most of its equipment was rather old due to the U.S. Congress's reductions in military spending.

However, in recent years it has become increasingly apparent that some of the material was rather older than had previously been thought.

Although Ms Hopkins was rather older than the average customer, she found creating a teddy for her nephew gave her an extra emotional connection to the product.