bygone
noun
Examples of bygone in a Sentence
the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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It was being painted as an out-of-touch, arcane, and self-important social institution from a bygone era, and was doing very little to dispel that characterization.
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David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Gen was stupidly tall and although her shoes were falling apart, her relaxed, graceful pace made Emily think of paintings of gentlemen from bygone eras, the kind on paperbacks like The Age of Innocence.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
And the product of a bygone era, Wholesale Laundry was decided before home rule was solidified in New York.
—Paul Sonn, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
As if harking back to a bygone era, twins František and Ondřej Klišík have made the stubborn decision to do just that.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025
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David Rosowsky, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
Gen was stupidly tall and although her shoes were falling apart, her relaxed, graceful pace made Emily think of paintings of gentlemen from bygone eras, the kind on paperbacks like The Age of Innocence.
—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025
And the product of a bygone era, Wholesale Laundry was decided before home rule was solidified in New York.
—Paul Sonn, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
As if harking back to a bygone era, twins František and Ondřej Klišík have made the stubborn decision to do just that.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 3 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bygone
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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