yesteryear

Example Sentences

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The objective is to win the war against progress and to freeze America in a yesteryear image of itself.

From Seattle Times

Admiring yesteryear’s musical movers and shakers can feel bittersweet when all of that moving and shaking remains fixed in the amber of history.

From Washington Post

From the bar flow enhanced versions of yesteryear’s cocktails, like The Godfather Manhattan, treated to an amaretto rinse and gently priced at $10.

From Washington Post

Busy trying to succeed in yesteryear, they don’t have time or much inclination to gather new information and reason a way forward.

From Washington Post

Last year, she retired a horse named Cantchaco, whose 44 victories in 95 starts put him among the most successful horses in North America and conjures war horses of yesteryear like Seabiscuit.

From New York Times