olden days
Example Sentences
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In the olden days, you might have to lie about how rich you are and maybe borrow a car.
From Salon ● May 21, 2025
Prince Harry said that in the "olden days" parents always knew what their children were up to, as long as they were at home.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2024
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
Rather than putting people on pedestals and watching some sepia-toned Holocaust drama from the olden days, we want people to connect to this story now.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
As you know, the gift we sent, the carved gemstone, is not simply an artifact of ye olden days.
From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin
