bygone
Example Sentences
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The workings of history often seem inevitable: Bygone decisions appear inescapable, and the viability of alternate pathways easily discounted.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025
Bygone eras called this moxie; whatever you’d call it now, its fuel jets Jessica across the Atlantic to take a job in London with her hairless, loll-tongued doggie in tow.
From Salon • Jul. 10, 2025
I knew about the recent glut of feminist biographies for young readers—your Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, your Bygone Badass Broads.
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2019
Bygone glories rehashed with a touch of self-awareness — these are the rituals for many an aging rocker nearing the end of his career.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2014
Miss Jane, when people stand, as you do, upon the borders of two worlds, the Bygone fades,—the Beyond grows distinct and luminous.
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Wilson, Augusta J. Evans
Vocabulary lists containing bygone
Ancient Wisdom: Synonyms for "Old"
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 7
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Merle Haggard (1937-2016) Tribute List
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