a long time ago

phrase

: far in the past : not at all recently

It happened a long time ago.

Examples of a long time ago in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The huge acclaim Liverpool received for squad building under Klopp is a long time ago now. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2026

If there was a mechanism for doing that, Mets fans would have figured that out a long time ago. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

European countries, by contrast, lost most of their imperial territories a long time ago. — Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Now that praise came a long time ago and, regrettably, the pizzeria’s founder, Domenico De Marco, died in 2022. — Matt Cortina, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for a long time ago

• generalissimo
• acknow
• aglow
• airglow
• aloe
• altho
• although
• ammo
• backflow
• backhoe
• banjo
• barbeau