Venerable in example sentence

And so true is this, that I recollect a grandmother of mine on the father's side, whenever she saw any dame in a venerable hood, used to say to me, 'Grandson, that one is like Dame Quintanona,' from which I conclude that she must have known her, or at least had managed to see some portrait of her.

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It was venerable.

This is the most venerable of the happinesses, traditionally.

That so many of the city's most venerable taxpayers have survived yet another commercial building boom, is cause for celebration.

First, viewers are required to recall the sordid details of Steve McBirney's (played by venerable thug and HUAC squealer Marc Lawrence) 1929's murder spree.

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