Definition of YORE

Examples of yore in a Sentence

my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore

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The gala dinner was set in a not-in-use gallery that was wallpapered with party pics of yore (many of the smiles belonged to faces in the room that very night). — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, "Michael R. Bloomberg Was Honored at the Whitney Museum’s Gala and Studio Party," 14 Apr. 2019 Living > Parties As one of the few remaining art-house theaters to evoke New York's movie palaces of yore, the Metrograph has no trouble bringing out an A-list crowd to celebrate its anniversaries. — Keaton Bell, Vogue, "The Coolest New Yorkers Came Out to Celebrate the Metrograph Theater's Third Birthday," 25 Mar. 2019 At Junya Watanabe, the male models were not A-list actors or supermodels of yore. — Steff Yotka, Vogue, "In the Year of the Runway Zaddy, Where Are the MILFs?," 4 Feb. 2019 Prepare, prepare, prepare Some of the old mentoring rules of yore still apply, like needing to do your research. — Samantha Leach, Glamour, "It's Time to Rethink How You Find a Mentor at Work," 18 Dec. 2018 Rest assured, these aren’t the lackluster trinkets of yore. — Zoe Ruffner, Vogue, "13 Bite-Size Beauty Gifts to Kick Start the Holiday Festivities," 17 Dec. 2018 As the result of a publicity stunt cooked up in days of yore, the Detroit Lions always play a football game right around lunchtime on Thanksgiving Day. — Joe Queenan, WSJ, "We Can All Be Thankful America Doesn’t Have Putin," 24 Nov. 2018 But when the entire TV calendar is filled with new shows, when every week feels like the fall TV seasons of yore, the importance of fall premiere week every late September wanes. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "There is no fall TV season anymore," 24 Sep. 2018 Creepier even than Teddy Ruxpin of yore, Trumpy Bear has a jarring flaxen-blonde combover and eyebrows to match, and is naked except for shirt collars, cuffs and a MAGA-red necktie. — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, "How Can the Trump-ified Teddy, Trumpy Bear, Be Real?," 12 Nov. 2018

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