bygone days
Example Sentences
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The word “Kościuszko”—like “BQE,” “McGuinness-Humboldt” and, in bygone days, “the Elmhurst tanks”—can strike fear in the hearts of longtime New York commuters.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
The museum allows visitors to travel back in time to look around replica towns, villages and working landscapes from bygone days, meeting costumed staff and volunteers to experience stories of everyday life.
From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025
I have made progress since those bygone days, but I still manage to get the batter down the sides — rarely a nice, clean entry for me.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2025
General abuse or intimidation that might have been excused in bygone days as “perfectionism” or “just part of the job” is increasingly being seen for what it is: needless, destructive and counterproductive.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2021
And they lived longer because of it—up to 150 or 200 years, in bygone days.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
