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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Kikuo and Shunsuke revere kabuki’s bygone giants, who are affixed with that moniker.
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead of lauding the triumph of the solo artist or eulogizing the uniqueness of a bygone time, Fischer demonstrates the evergreen value of collaboration.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
According to its website, Butcher & Singer is an homage to the glitz and class of 1940s Hollywood, reaching into the past, plucking the best and brightest aspects of a bygone era.
—Courtney Cherry, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Four televisions play hip hop videos, old sitcoms, movies of a bygone era on VHS.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
Instead of lauding the triumph of the solo artist or eulogizing the uniqueness of a bygone time, Fischer demonstrates the evergreen value of collaboration.
—Michael O’Donnell, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
According to its website, Butcher & Singer is an homage to the glitz and class of 1940s Hollywood, reaching into the past, plucking the best and brightest aspects of a bygone era.
—Courtney Cherry, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
Four televisions play hip hop videos, old sitcoms, movies of a bygone era on VHS.
—Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 6 Feb. 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 25 Feb. 2026.
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