Sentence examples for old happened from inspiring English sources

That might seem a tad boring, but keep in mind that this particular 67 year old happened to be Phil Jackson, overseer of 11 NBA championships, and the only reason he's retired is that the Los Angeles Lakers passed him over for former New York Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni.

A deep sense of equality filled the room; no matter how advanced in skill an apprentice, young or old, happened to be, s/he made an effort to enrich the experience of peers.

One reason is that the Festspielhaus, five years old, happens to be the second-largest house in Europe, with a capacity of 2,650, and offers superb acoustics.

His victim, whom he took to be much older, happens to be a girl.

Sixty percent of non-traumatic lower-limb amputations on people 20 and older happen in people with diabetes, which obviously leads to misconceptions in the community.

But an old man happened to be watching from the back.

Old friends happened to be seated on my left, and people I'd just met were on my right.

By his own account, his fascination with Nijinsky began when he was 11 years old and happened upon Anatole Bourman's The Tragedy of Nijinsky (1936).

Christian theology says the New Testament amends the Old: what happened in the days of the apostles amends what came long before.

During a gathering with his followers, an old neighbor happened to pass by.

If you do that long enough, you suddenly realize, my God, I'm 80 years old, what happened?