How to Use bygone in a Sentence

bygone

adjective

• The stone wall is from a bygone age.
• The back wall doubles as a whiteboard, still smeared with the grime of bygone notes.
  — WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• But the hot dog stand is not an artifact of a bygone era.
  — Amy Cavanaugh, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2023
• Such Cold War machinations might seem like the stuff of a bygone era.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• With their war wounds, the characters of Adagio seem like ghosts of a bygone era.
  — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• There is no honor in skipping meals for a bygone, bad idea of style ideals.
  — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
• You’d be forgiven for thinking so, but not all the cars on this list are from a bygone era.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022
• The concept aims to revive the former glory of a bygone era in Midtown.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023
• Adding a quirky ad during Super Bowl is just par for the course for this holdout from a bygone era.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 10 Feb. 2023
• Yet in some ways, the streets around the Kennedy Recreation Center in Shaw remain the stubborn remnant of a bygone era.
  — Emily Davies, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• The moment felt like a time warp to a bygone era, especially for Plaza.
  — Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2023
• Not all brides wore white and not all of their love stories lasted, but these bygone weddings live on as signs of the times and trends.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2023
• Most current residents may not have an inkling of that high-stakes holy fight of a bygone era.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• In a redux of a bygone age, Buckingham Palace was at the apex of global power — if just for a day.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
• An Oregon loss would mean: Though Hawaii has won the last three meetings, that was from a bygone era for both programs.
  — oregonlive, 30 July 2023
• Music from a bygone era continued for the rest of the evening, first as the guests migrated to the terrace for the reception.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2023
• It’s not the end of Guybrush Threepwood or Monkey Island, but it’s a swan song for the bygone era that birthed them.
  — Jonathan Lee, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2022
• For Australians of a certain age, the monarchy is not just some picturesque relic of a bygone era.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
• And this one’s hearkening a bygone era when life was analog.
  — The Astrotwins, ELLE, 1 Apr. 2023
• Shultz is a throwback to a bygone era of front men, the consummate rock 'n' roll performer — loud, loving and lewd.
  — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022
• But the KC-135s are, in several ways, relics of a bygone era of analog aviation.
  — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
• Like the others, Baker portrayed a tradesman from a bygone era.
  — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
• Switch off your smartphones, don your finest attire, grab a coupe glass of champagne and step into a bygone era.
  — Jennifer Leigh Parker, Forbes, 30 Mar. 2024
• The iconic coupe silhouette nods to the glitz and glamour of a bygone era, while the pastel hues lend the glassware a timely appeal.
  — Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2023
• The rules, regulations, stage distances, and the presence of podium girls all felt like holdovers from a bygone era.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 5 Aug. 2022
• This is reminiscent of a bygone era in the team's history.
  — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 16 Apr. 2023
• The structures look stuck in the past, a reminder of a bygone, wartime-era when the Navy needed to place support facilities at the water’s edge.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2023
• Paired with gray walls below pink trim, the look immediately harkens to a bygone era.
  — Andrea Darr, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• For fans of retro and classic arcade games like those found on old Atari systems, the Evercade will send you back to that bygone era in a heartbeat.
  — Harry Rabinowitz, Popular Mechanics, 21 Oct. 2022
• Bob may have missed the heyday, back when people really did get their kicks on Route 66, but the vestiges of that bygone era remain.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 4 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024