of an earlier time

Example Sentences

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But Nolan says his goal was to ensure accuracy without the 100-million-dollar film feeling like a caricature of an earlier time.

From National Geographic • Jul. 28, 2023

Much of the area seemed a snapshot of an earlier time: You still needed to use a pulley to fill a bucket from the well; shopkeepers calculated bills with an abacus.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2022

But her success, unlike the editors’ of an earlier time, owes as much to the data-driven discipline of her business as her editorial tastes.

From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2020

It’s paved now, but the house still sports features of an earlier time: two-pronged electrical outlets, a VCR, inherited furniture.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 14, 2018

I tapped my fingers on the desktop, preferring to fall back into my daydream of an earlier time filled with raised hands, muffled giggles, lessons yet to be learned, and lives yet to be lived.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool