good old days
Example Sentences
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In the good old days, when my father retired, he had a traditional pension that paid him a monthly check for life.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
"If you feel nostalgic and wish we could go back to the good old days, come to La Creche," singer Albert Diasihilua cheered before taking to the stage.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
This might seem like get-off-my-lawn grousing from a critic who misses the good old days.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025
Even when Osbourne revisits the good old days in “Last Rites,” they don’t sound all that golden.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025
Aphrodite had sighed and waxed nostalgic about the good old days of the Civil War—how love and war always went hand in hand.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
