How to Use old country in a Sentence

old country

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  • The dish with pork is what reminds me more of home, like the old country home.
    — Ilaf Esuf, SELF, 4 Jan. 2019
  • So what drives the 80-year-old country legend to still record?
    — Nancy Kruh, PEOPLE.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • If a Jew came to a village in the old country somewhere . . .
    — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 9 July 2018
  • Trust the relatives from the old country to figure out the rest.
    — Washington Post, 5 May 2021
  • Those who grew up in the old country weren’t taught such things in village schools.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 3 July 2018
  • The 67-year-old country singer is on the fall leg of her Reba: Live in Concert tour.
    — Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • And stories about vendettas in the old country in the mountains.
    — John Kass and Chicago Tribune, Star Tribune, 23 Dec. 2020
  • Fellow Jews from the old country found her house haimish, a cozy home away from home.
    — CBS News, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Just three songs for the 88-year-old country music and culture icon.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 31 July 2021
  • There's so much legend and lore behind Hot Cross Buns, which date back to the old country.
    — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2021
  • But Kathleen O'Brien, born in the old country, had her sights on something else last week.
    — Staff Report, chicagotribune.com, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Up top, the 45-year-old country singer wore a black tuxedo jacket over a white shirt, black vest, and light bow tie.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 5 July 2021
  • Japan is the oldest country on the planet with almost a third of its citizens over the age of 65.
    — Brandon Presser, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2019
  • But even in the old country, Old World parenting is getting a makeover.
    — Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2020
  • One of the last songs the 30-year-old country singer Cady Groves ever recorded was about being alone and not sure where to look for hope.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2020
  • And boy, does this 39-year-old country-Americana artist have a story to tell.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Food from Weller’s Bistro and pastries from Petra’s Backstubchen taste just like the old country.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 June 2021
  • Just below her on the screen, Alfre Woodard, in a gray hairpiece of her own, threw shade and spun tales from the old country — Sicily.
    — Melena Ryzik, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2020
  • My current music collection has a lot of A lot of blues, soul and old country.
    — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The 38-year-old country singer shared a heartwarming clip of him cooking her up a homemade meal.
    — Annie O’Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 16 Oct. 2022
  • But in some ways, death metal and old country music scratch the same kind of itch, Wunderle said.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 16 July 2021
  • Irish Pete was Leneghan’s cousin, a 5-foot-8-inch carpenter from the old country, always ready to work.
    — cleveland, 23 Aug. 2021
  • Love them or hate them, Club América means something to every soccer fan in the old country.
    — Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Mary was a unique singer who always sounded like someone on an old country record.
    — Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The 60-year-old country music star took to social media on Sunday (June 12) to share the news about his illness with fans.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 12 June 2022
  • The weather was picture perfect today for a long walk down my old country road.
    — Cincinnati.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • The next day, the 44-year-old country music star appeared on the Today show’s fourth hour as Hoda Kotb’s surprise guest host.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 5 Apr. 2021
  • Italy is now the world’s second-oldest country, after Japan.
    — The Economist, 29 June 2019
  • The 54-year-old country artist will sing his own songs, other people's songs, and even make up songs about things happening on set.
    — Mark Gray, PEOPLE.com, 12 Dec. 2021
  • The 16-year-old country vocalist survived a less-than-stellar showing in last week's solos and duets to make the Top 16.
    — Maggie Fremont, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2021

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