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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So many of our treasured Christmas items remind us of a bygone era or a special person.
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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Highlights include an abstract documentary of a mother-daughter trip to Taiwan, an examination of war correspondents’ psyches, and a bygone public-radio show meant to promote reading.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s extraordinary excavation of a bygone age of national repression that may or may not bear a striking resemblance to more recent ages of authoritarianism.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Through its rich use of archival footage and cinematic tools, the film evokes nostalgia while celebrating the fearless creativity of a bygone era.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Nov. 2025
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Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Highlights include an abstract documentary of a mother-daughter trip to Taiwan, an examination of war correspondents’ psyches, and a bygone public-radio show meant to promote reading.
—Benjamin Cannon, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
That’s the scene-setting intertitle that opens The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho’s extraordinary excavation of a bygone age of national repression that may or may not bear a striking resemblance to more recent ages of authoritarianism.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Through its rich use of archival footage and cinematic tools, the film evokes nostalgia while celebrating the fearless creativity of a bygone era.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 24 Nov. 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 7 Jan. 2026.
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