bygone
noun
Examples of bygone in a Sentence
the bygone days of our ancestors
The stone wall is from a bygone age.
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Cougars basketball had mostly been forgotten, a relic from the past leaning on the bygone eras of Phi Slama Jama and Elvin Hayes.
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Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks both relaxed their restrictions in 1999, and such policies were mostly relics of a bygone era.
—Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Within its walls, the apartment transforms into a microcosm of a bygone era, a store of history and familial secrets.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
More and more, the notion of the classic American breakfast—bacon, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, and a glass of orange juice—is beginning to seem like a snapshot of a bygone era.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
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Cj Moore, The Athletic, 25 Feb. 2025
The Reds and Arizona Diamondbacks both relaxed their restrictions in 1999, and such policies were mostly relics of a bygone era.
—Newsweek, 21 Feb. 2025
Within its walls, the apartment transforms into a microcosm of a bygone era, a store of history and familial secrets.
—Callum McLennan, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
More and more, the notion of the classic American breakfast—bacon, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, and a glass of orange juice—is beginning to seem like a snapshot of a bygone era.
—Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bygone
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“Bygone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bygone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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