voice from the past

Example Sentences

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One of the yellowing magazine covers reproduced to illustrate that piece was a headline voice from the past, peering forward: “SEEING 2020: A vision of Seattle’s future.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2020

Carrie Kinsey’s is now one voice from the past that will not be forgotten.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 4, 2019

And you really should listen to this insistent voice from the past.

From New York Times • Aug. 1, 2017

Like letters, memoirs offer the thrill of a firsthand encounter with a voice from the past.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2014

It seemed the natural thing, to bring this voice from the past into a moment so saturated with the past already, even if the voice was mixed with my own.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover