Sentence examples for way elder from inspiring English sources
The phrase "way elder" is not standard in written English and may be considered informal or colloquial.
It can be used in casual conversation to emphasize someone's age in a way that suggests they are significantly older than someone else. Example: "In our group, Sarah is way elder than the rest of us, having over a decade of experience."
Perhaps, on the other hand, this arrangement reflects the way elder care in this country relies so heavily on families that after a period of high divorce rates, people are forced to improvise, to develop unconventional ideas about what family means.
One church member quoted him this way: "Elder Hunter said that our mission was not to harvest, probably not even to plant, but to clear away a few more stones".
There was anxiety in many quarters that biradari, the influence of some clans in the city, was a fundamental problem that had to be challenged, and it was frustration with the way elders pulled the strings that pushed voters to Respect in the first place.
"His success at that time was my success, in a way," the elder Mr. Abas added.
Owning a tire store is not necessarily the way the elder Martin envisioned his new life in America.
Mr. Gore aims to raise doubts about the qualifications of his less experienced opponent the way the elder Mr. Bush did about Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts.
If the story is that of so many great writers' early lives, somewhere along the way an elder countryman of standing appears in a cameo role that makes a difference.
And while Elizabeth seemed, in the way of elder sisters, grave and responsible, a more fluffy, frivolous image was fashioned for Margaret Rose, who was, in that age-old curse-blessing for a princess, pretty, even beautiful.
By all accounts, Mr. Plummer has become his father's son, a man attuned to nature in a way the elder Bill would have approved of had he been able to bring himself to say so.
"We are worried for our son, but last week we saw President Bush's speech, in which he said nobody should go out and hurt Muslims, American people are not this way," the elder Mr. Natsheh said.
Mr. Wilcha and friends shop garage sales the way the elder George Bush played golf when he was president (driving up to the ball and hitting it right from the cart): they do not waste a second.
