How to Use long gone in a Sentence

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• By then, many of the top bigs in the portal were long gone.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• In The Grill, at least, the American Dream is long gone.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
• But the days of Elliott taking over a game are long gone.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The days of getting a gold watch for long service are long gone.
  — Jason Richmond, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• Those days are long gone, thanks to the Nintendo Switch.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• The boathouse is long gone, but pilings remain, along with remnants of the rails used to launch the boats.
  — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• The braces are long gone and André, who is now 15, is taller than her by an inch or so.
  — Barry Hatton and Helena Alves, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
• Mortgage rates near 7% The days of easy money are long gone.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 14 July 2023
• Those who are loyal to TikTok will tell you that the good old days are long gone.
  — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
• By that time the broker who misled them is often long gone from the firm.
  — Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• Only the tiny oval is long gone, swallowed with a clump of sweet flesh, and sailing the high seas of your gut.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2023
• When her father, who had custody of her, went to pick her up, she was long gone.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• That when we’re long gone, this is probably going to go on for a while.
  — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 21 Sep. 2023
• O’Brien said the days are long gone when an NFL team could stick with the play called in the huddle every time and expect to succeed.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• The old neon Stardust Motel sign is still standing, though the motel is long gone.
  — Tom Fox, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• With the Kelty Car-Go-Box, long gone are the days of haphazardly loading the trunk with camp gear and hoping for the best.
  — Kevin Brouillard, Travel + Leisure, 21 Feb. 2024
• Peter has cheated on her, and their once-good chemistry’s long gone cold.
  — Joan Frank, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
• Shells had battered his home, and his caretakers were long gone.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Her days as an unpublished author are long gone of course.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Mar. 2024
• Places like Benny’s are long gone, and the return of Ames is apparently some sort of a weird hoax.
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• This also will be a reunion game with Khalil Mack, though most of Mack’s Bears teammates are long gone from the roster.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 12 May 2023
• The days of studios have a bungalow full of writers on year-round contract are long gone.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 May 2023
• Just as well, as his reasoning is long gone after eight-plus drinks.
  — Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• The tip should be quietly left on the table, and you should be long gone before it is discovered.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 31 Dec. 2023
• Those colorful days are long gone, as is the landmark restaurant.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• Its empire is long gone, and so are the jobs and opportunities.
  — Aaron Withe, National Review, 16 June 2023
• The way the toasted bread grazed and cut up the roof of my mouth, leaving me with a raw souvenir for my tongue to caress for days after the sandwich was long gone.
  — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
• The days of traffic jams in Ilion every afternoon when day shifts let out are long gone.
  — Michael Hill, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2024
• Their cornerbacks coach, Donte Williams, was long gone for Georgia.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024