How to Use days gone by in a Sentence

days gone by

phrase

• In days gone by, these waterfowlers would have been joined by tens of thousands just like them.
  — Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
• The end of the year typically brings with it an emotional look back at the days gone by.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
• The fresh berries and the rich vanilla ice cream come together to create the flavor of days gone by.
  — Jessica Furniss, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
• Music always resonated with me and certain songs define epochs from days gone by.
  — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
• Of course, no two nurseries are the same, and many moms and dads still decorate with the bright yellows, reds, and blues of days gone by.
  — Amelia Tait, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021
• This nostalgic haven filled with Sanders desserts will evoke memories of childhood days gone by.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Apr. 2024
• At night, cruisers are casually well-dressed and limit the bling, unlike days gone by.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026
• This clock boasts a design reminiscent of days gone by, but its features are firmly rooted in the present.
  — Samantha Booth, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2023
• Annual celebration of days gone by, with music, food and fun.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2023
• General mayhem seems to have dominated the news in April in days gone by.
  — Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2023
• Weather proverbs also originate from days gone by from almost every country in the world.
  — Tom Sater, CNN, 2 Mar. 2021
• But Campbell didn’t return to Tulsa just to reminisce about days gone by.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 May 2024
• Bring home the charm with these quaint signs—guaranteed to evoke happy memories of days gone by, while creating new ones at the same time.
  — Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023
• Bring home the charm with these quaint signs—guaranteed to evoke happy memories of days gone by, while creating new ones at the same time.
  — Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023
• In the deepening dusk a graceful cascade of light drops from above, reminding visitors of days gone by.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
• And rather than the 13 catalogs a year of days gone by, the company plans to produce just three per year moving forward.
  — Kristine Gill, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2024
• Most Super Bowl commercials rely on celebrity cameos, sophomoric jokes and ideas that nod to days gone by.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 4 Feb. 2025
• Desolate human cities covered by the sand sit alone, waiting to be scavenged and reminding visitors of days gone by.
  — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 10 Dec. 2025
• In days gone by, the role of the CISO has not been considered an essential role to the business.
  — Dmitry Dontov, Forbes, 12 May 2021
• In days gone by, he might be convinced to return and finish his unfinished business in college, but that is no longer the way the business of basketball works.
  — Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• In days gone by, that was your only no-alcohol New Year’s resolution option outside of soft drinks and the like.
  — Jeff Burkhart, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
• Advancing age has taken its toll and, lacking the mobility of days gone by, Elsa stopped opening the door in recent years.
  — Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
• Setting the table, cooking dinners, doing the dishes—such banalities would have been unimaginable for royal heirs in days gone by.
  — Isaac Bickerstaff, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2024
• As Americans reimagine their relationship with malls, these spaces are poised to become more than just vacant nostalgia from days gone by.
  — Chris Westfall, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
• She’s surrounded by mementos of days gone by from her birthplace of Wotton-under-Edge, England.
  — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021
• But unlike your standard spherical fare, Rotganzen's are melted, morphous, and a bit melancholic, a visual reminder of nightclub glory days gone by.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2021
• The compact pickups of days gone by, like the Chevrolet S10 and Dodge Dakota, have felt like a distant memory.
  — Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
• Companies now have mobile apps and ecommerce platforms for customers to order anytime anywhere instead of before the doors close at 5 O’clock at the bricks-and-mortar shop of days gone by.
  — Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022
• In days gone by, the program would’ve been syndicated across different networks in various countries, appearing at random times, and there would have been no way for people in other nations to discuss it with each other.
  — Callum Booth, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
• Through the mines, visitors can get a glimpse into days gone by and view prime examples of functional architecture from the height of the Industrial Revolution.
  — Opheli Garcia Lawler, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025