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

Mortgage rates fell into the 3% range in the 2010s and even lower during COVID-19, but such deals are long gone. — ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026

Why DoppelCart fake shops can look so convincing The days when every scam website looked like somebody threw it together in five minutes are long gone. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Days during the golden era, when Houston dictated a game’s tenor and pace, are long gone, but the same standards remain regardless of the roster. — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

The Russians have spent almost a year trying to seize it and, while pockets of Ukrainian resistance remain in the north of the city, any operational value for Kyiv is long gone. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026