long gone

phrase

: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past

Those buildings are long gone now.

Examples of long gone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Herbert was long gone when all this was taking place, with mixed emotions about a short miss on the final hole but proud to become the sixth person to shoot 62 in a major. — Doug Ferguson, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

The tall ficus hedges that ensconced the prior edition are long gone. — Miami Herald, 13 July 2026

Even though ‘Oumuamua is long gone, verification that dark comets are in fact comets should give us some sense of closure—and better prepare us for when other all-natural interstellar visitors come calling. — Darryl Z. Seligman, Scientific American, 10 July 2026

The antebellum South is long gone, of course, but that hasn’t stopped the governor, the Legislature, and a host of gray-uniform wannabes from trying to forcibly march us backward. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2026