Olden has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | The legend has come down in this district from olden times. | |
| 2. | In olden times, football was popular in both Greece and Rome. | |
| 3. | But where are the snows of olden days? | |
| 4. | The period of exploration and colonization of the Solar System lasted five thousand years, like the Mediterranean Sea of olden days. | |
| 5. | In olden times when wishing still worked, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful. | |
| 6. | There stood a city, fronting far away / the mouths of Tiber and Italia's shore, / a Tyrian settlement of olden day, / rich in all wealth, and trained to war's rough lore, / Carthage the name, by Juno loved before / all places, even Samos. | |
| 7. | In the olden days, access to films and series was only possible through rentals and television. | |
| 8. | Life was better in the olden days. | |
| 9. | In the olden days, people wore garters to keep their stockings from falling down. | |
| 10. | People in those olden times had convictions; we moderns only have opinions, and it takes more than a mere opinion to erect a Gothic cathedral. |