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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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Why the Stars want Jamie Benn back In an era where loyalty is for losers and a relic from a bygone era, the Stars and Benn’s feelings for the other are old school.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Despite my declaration to the tourists onboard that the dragons’ goat slaughter spectacles were a bygone thing, an Indonesian government VIP was on the island that day, and to give him a show, the national park staff had brought the goats.
—Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026
With the effects of that 2016 election continuing to reverberate around the world in such a profound way, the conversation is a time capsule of a bygone era in America that now seems so innocent and naive.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
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Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
Why the Stars want Jamie Benn back In an era where loyalty is for losers and a relic from a bygone era, the Stars and Benn’s feelings for the other are old school.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 May 2026
Despite my declaration to the tourists onboard that the dragons’ goat slaughter spectacles were a bygone thing, an Indonesian government VIP was on the island that day, and to give him a show, the national park staff had brought the goats.
—Craig Stanford, Big Think, 7 May 2026
With the effects of that 2016 election continuing to reverberate around the world in such a profound way, the conversation is a time capsule of a bygone era in America that now seems so innocent and naive.
—Ben Crandell, Sun Sentinel, 4 May 2026
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 15 May. 2026.
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