time long past
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Does it sound like a cynical, gruesome artifact of a time long past?
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2018
I said a prayer for my mom, for my dad, and for everyone who had died there in a time long past.
From Slate • Feb. 10, 2017
The sign is one of the last reminders of a time long past, when the railroad attracted human inhabitants to the stretch of high desert that would someday become the largest city in Eastern Oregon.
From Washington Times • May 24, 2015
Here's the synopsis: In a time long past, an evil is about to be unleashed that will reignite the war between the forces of the supernatural and humankind once more.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2013
He heard once more the great man-like voice of Queen Mary, but it seemed very far away, a sinister thing, echoing from a time long past.
From House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court by Gull, Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger