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

Born in 1916, and now long gone, were Walter Cronkite, Gregory Peck, Dinah Shore, Jackie Gleason and Kirk Douglas. — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

But the days of those types of workplace romances may be long gone. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 25 July 2026

By the time the outcome is visible, the reasoning that produced the decision is long gone. — Tony Grout, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

In the wake of the September 11 attacks, the world was calcifying; the good feelings that—at least in the United States—followed the end of the Cold War were long gone. — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026