gone-by

Example Sentences

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A half-regret chases over you at nightfall, when solitude pierces you with the swift dart of gone-by memories.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant

Mrs Gunning greeted it with pleasure, regarding Mr Harry as a gone-by and much below her hopes; but though Elizabeth's heart was not wounded, her pride was pierced to the quick.

From The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty by Beck, L. Adams (Lily Adams)

Linked to Kossuth is the new talk about the new and strange action of that gone-by hero Louis Napoleon.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine Vol. IV, No. 19, Dec 1851 by Various

The exception to this will be, where the heaving of the sea is the result of some gone-by storm, when the wind is hushed, and the surface becomes bright and glassy.

From Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists by Salter, Thomas

In those long gone-by days brave old Lord Saltoun, the hero of Hougomont, resided during the fishing season in the mansion-house of Auchinroath, on the high ground at the mouth of the Glen of Rothes.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald