those days
plural noun
: a period of time in the past
Remember when we were kids and life was easy? Well, those days are gone.
In those days, women weren't allowed to own property.
No one knew in those days what caused the disease.
Examples of those days in a Sentence
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In those days, movies stayed in the theaters for a year.
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Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
The events of those days, which collectively took 257 lives, have served as landmarks in American history demonstrating the capabilities of far-right terrorists and the unofficial beginning of the age of school shootings.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Health officials encouraged anyone who was at one of the exposure locations on those days to confirm they’ve been vaccinated against measles, a highly infectious disease that causes a rash and other serious symptoms that may become life-threatening for certain people.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Blake shot the whole movie in 26 days back in 2022 — 21 of those days in Fort Worth.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
In those days, even winning wasn’t enough to bring the fans out.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no Codecademy or Stack Overflow in those days.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Luckily, though, today is not one of those days, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones leaves Zitomer with an armful of goods.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
Back in those days, when April 1 rolled around, the switchboard operators at the Los Angeles Zoo were inundated with calls.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Scott Huver, Peoplemag, 19 Apr. 2024
The events of those days, which collectively took 257 lives, have served as landmarks in American history demonstrating the capabilities of far-right terrorists and the unofficial beginning of the age of school shootings.
—James Powel, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
Health officials encouraged anyone who was at one of the exposure locations on those days to confirm they’ve been vaccinated against measles, a highly infectious disease that causes a rash and other serious symptoms that may become life-threatening for certain people.
—Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024
Blake shot the whole movie in 26 days back in 2022 — 21 of those days in Fort Worth.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Apr. 2024
In those days, even winning wasn’t enough to bring the fans out.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
There was no Codecademy or Stack Overflow in those days.
—Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024
Luckily, though, today is not one of those days, and Annabelle Dexter-Jones leaves Zitomer with an armful of goods.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2024
Back in those days, when April 1 rolled around, the switchboard operators at the Los Angeles Zoo were inundated with calls.
—Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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