olden days
Example Sentences
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"It was like living in the olden days," her son T-jay adds.
From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025
In the olden days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.
From Salon • May 21, 2025
“I’m from the olden days, so I was like, ‘What does that mean?’”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2023
It’s like the olden days when illiterate people needed the town scribe to read and write their letters, except most nonspeakers are not illiterate.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 29, 2023
The King was dressed in a robe of velvet which had belonged to Uther the Conqueror, his father, trimmed with the beards of fourteen kings who had been vanquished in the olden days.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
