How to Use heyday in a Sentence
heyday
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The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
— William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023 -
By the dawn of the Eighties and the end of Lear’s heyday, TV had been transformed.
— David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023 -
Even the probe’s name evokes the Soviet Union’s space-age heyday.
— Kenneth Chang and Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023 -
In 2014, in the heyday of the Silicon Valley startup boom, that app, The League, was born.
— Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023 -
In the heyday of these venues, crowds flocked in, drawn by the celebrity connection and the chance to glimpse their favorite stars in the flesh.
— Tiffany Tse, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023 -
During their heyday, the band went on tour throughout the state, the country and in Europe.
— oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 -
The store has just two employees, down from five in its heyday.
— Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2023 -
Think vaulted ceilings and boho decor that throw back to the heyday of surfing in the ’60s.
— Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 July 2023 -
But the failure to succeed at what Twitter was in its heyday is one thing.
— Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023 -
Researchers were working on all sorts of passion projects in the Labs’ heyday.
— Amy Feldman, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023 -
The heyday of the push-up bra came and went ages before Kim Kardashian launched shapewear label Skims in 2019.
— Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023 -
All names from the heyday of Las Vegas, names that now are but grainy memories on YouTube.
— USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023 -
Four decades after their heyday, Journey still plays to packed arenas around the world.
— Brandon Griggs, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024 -
Throughout the Band’s heyday, Robertson spun myths and legends about the United States.
— Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023 -
But teams will be intrigued by the production from his heyday.
— Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023 -
With 70% of US steel needs now met by scrap steel fed through electric arc furnaces, the heyday of iron ore shipments is gone.
— Michael Barnard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 -
The first drive-in theater opened in the United States in 1933, but the concept didn’t reach its heyday until mid century.
— Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024 -
Styles that have had their heyday are resurrected in new ways.
— Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 Mar. 2023 -
Yankee and Omar had been beefing since reggaeton’s heyday in the 2000s.
— Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023 -
While Gen Xers may have been in their late teens and early 20s, ‘90s kids enjoyed reggaetón’s heyday as much younger teenagers and children.
— Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2023 -
This was the heyday of Omicron, so some people crowded into the living room in N95s, but most dialled in on Zoom.
— Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023 -
His memory speaks to a happy time, when soaps were in their heyday and the actors were legendary and larger than life.
— Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023 -
Now, instead of sitting at the end of a pub trading stories of punk’s heyday in exchange for free pints, Matlock, 66, is firmly in the present.
— Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2023 -
Are there artists or people within the industry now who share the activist instinct of your heyday?
— Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 June 2023 -
This is the heyday in the mid-Nineties — this is riot grrrl but also alternative hip-hop.
— Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023 -
Yeoh is a genuine icon, bridging the anything-goes heyday of Hong Kong’s action films and the world of Hollywood blockbusters.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2023 -
Now, of course, resorts all along the Costa del Sol show off that first heyday with archival, black-and-white photos (by Aarons and others) of the rich and famous cavorting in the area.
— Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023 -
Since the heyday of those players, Auburn alumnus Frank Thomas has been the heaviest home run hitter produced by state schools.
— Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023 -
The latter part of that era is remembered as a sort of heyday for Alderney, a time of prosperity and plenty.
— Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024 -
In the 2000s, the heyday of OkCupid, eHarmony, and desktop dating, middle-aged people were the power users, Thomas said.
— Lora Kelley, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
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