distant past

Example Sentences

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Yet “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” doesn’t strictly limit its focus to the distant past.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

U.S. company stocks are no longer owned by a small number of stockholders, as in the distant past.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

In the intervening decades, he wrote and revised reams of material set in the distant past of Middle-earth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

This combination must have been the result of a happy accident in the distant past.

From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park