How to Use bygone in a Sentence

bygone

adjective

• The stone wall is from a bygone age.
• This hotel is like an elaborate movie backdrop of a bygone era.
  — Scott Bay, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
• By the ’60s, the mustangs were regarded as relics of a bygone era.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
• The public is more likely to respond to sleek, shiny police cars than older cruisers that hail from a bygone era.
  — Leon Stafford, ajc, 18 Oct. 2021
• The overall effect is slim and pebble-like, reminiscent of a pocket watch from a bygone era.
  — Mark Cho, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2021
• This conflation stinks of sexism of a bygone era where woman is seen as lesser than man and so to receive is to be weaker, too.
  — Gina Tonic, refinery29.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• This collection captures the essence of a bygone era, recalling the elegance of the past while adapting it to the needs and tastes of modern fashion.
  — Meghan Hall, Sourcing Journal, 27 Sep. 2024
• Leamer provides detailed mini-biographies for the swans, and by extension gives a sense of the bygone world that made their lives possible.
  — al, 11 Oct. 2021
• The film looks and feels like a comic book superhero movie of a bygone era, a simple, pulpy and disposable entertainment from before these things took over pop culture.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2021
• The show is comfort food, steady and traditional -—a standard bearer for a bygone era — with an extremely youthful core audience.
  — Andy Hoglund, EW.com, 3 Oct. 2021
• By reexamining that bygone time, perhaps Meri can better define her current life and identity.
  — Jamie Lang, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
• In a bygone age of college football where running games and defenses ruled, a 65-degree night in Gainesville allowed for something radical.
  — Mike Rodak | [e-mail], al, 17 Sep. 2021
• The popularity of cozies in today’s pop-cultural landscape feels unexpected, a relic of a bygone era.
  — Alyse Burnside, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2021
• One of the charming aspects of this tale, besides its delightful characters, is its realistic and entertaining portrayal of a bygone era.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 10 Oct. 2021
• The podcast captures a bygone era of New York City excess, which is fascinating from a historical perspective.
  — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 9 Sep. 2021
• The vibe: The bar still looks a lot like the bygone Hands Down space (minus the neon sign).
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 22 July 2024
• At the end of the day, Fox credits her life’s work to the bygone era she was raised in.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
• All that stuff seems so quaint and like from a bygone era.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• 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
• Instead, there’s something about it that evokes the thought and care paid to the design of bygone eras.
  — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• This image, like game rentals as a whole, is now a relic of a bygone era.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
• With their war wounds, the characters of Adagio seem like ghosts of a bygone era.
  — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• Even that shooting of 16 years ago belongs to a bygone era.
  — Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
• 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

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024