gone-by
Example Sentences
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It took it with a strange reversion to long gone-by conditions.
From Lewis Rand by Johnston, Mary
When he awoke, smiling at something strange in his gone-by dream, he looked up to the heavens, thinking to see signs of the even at hand, for he seemed to have been dreaming so long.
From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by Morris, William
Mayall said it so nearly resembled the Otego Creek in its wild state, shaded with the primeval forest, that it made him think of home in gone-by days.
From The Forest King Wild Hunter of the Adaca by Keyes, Hervey
Something within her breast cried out for those shining, gone-by moments, something seemed to close down on her throat, something flooded her eyes with a softness that rolled up from her entire being.
From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)
I cannot live without songs; they... reveal everything more and more clearly, oh, how clearly, gone-by life and gone-by men....
From Taras Bulba and Other Tales by Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich
