How to Use long gone in a Sentence

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  • And those days are long gone for me.
    H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Buzz and Batch are long gone by then.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2025
  • No, these should be long gone by Artemis.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The batch auctions were long gone.
    Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Never mind that all three were long gone.
    Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Season cards, too, are long gone.
    Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And those days are, needless to say, long gone.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The heyday of romance films has long gone.
    Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But most of those museums are long gone.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The days of getting a gold watch for long service are long gone.
    Jason Richmond, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • But the days of those types of workplace romances may be long gone.
    Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 25 July 2026
  • The torch is long gone, but the schoolhouse now appears here to stay.
    David Maraniss, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
  • The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
    Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Regardless, those heady days are long gone.
    Andrew Carey, CNN Money, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The baby face from his Denver days is long gone.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Those days seem long gone for some residents who have watched the town change over decades.
    Makiya Seminera, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
  • While most volunteers had long gone, he was joined by a 7-year-old.
    Aria Jones, Dallas Morning News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The days of just focusing on email or direct mail are long gone.
    Raviraj Hegde, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The days of just offering a gift with purchase are long gone.
    Kathryn Hopkins, WWD, 3 Dec. 2024
  • By the 1970s, the glamour days were long gone.
    Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • By that time the broker who misled them is often long gone from the firm.
    Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • By November, the birds were long gone, but so were the tourists.
    Tim Chester, AFAR Media, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The artesian wells that once bubbled through the valley are long gone.
    Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Patience has long gone as a concept in football.
    Andy Jones, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • But 70 years later, that building is long gone.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 17 Dec. 2025
  • This is not at all a textbook, but rather an intimate look at a time long gone.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • But be aware the ranch itself is long gone and the property is not easy to get to.
    Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • But that culture, including the iron works, is long gone.
    Robert Minhinnick, The Dial, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This means the tree’s original trunk is long gone, but its genome persists.
    Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The days of serious debate are long gone.
    Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 2 Dec. 2025

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