Sentence examples for was rather older from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Overall, the Welsh population tends to be rather older, sicker and more deprived than the English population.

Its members are well-known democrats, a shade left of centre, and some are rather older than the 64 year-old president himself.

This, though, is rather older, and is more likely to be appreciated when given, prettily wrapped, to the object of your devotion, perhaps with suitable passages highlighted, on Valentine's day.

The divergence of M. coccinea appears to be rather older than that of the members of the Australimusa section (Table 5).

I'm rather old-fashioned.