good old days
Example Sentences
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In the good old days, when my father retired, he had a traditional pension that paid him a monthly check for life.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 24, 2026
In some future year, will these, against all odds, be somebody’s good old days?
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026
"If you feel nostalgic and wish we could go back to the good old days, come to La Creche," singer Albert Diasihilua cheered before taking to the stage.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
The Dallas Cowboys have gone 12-5 the past three years before calamitous play-off endings just added to the enduring soap opera of 'America's Team' and their pursuit of the good old days.
From BBC • Nov. 6, 2024
The tabloids waxed nostalgic for the good old days of WWII, when the enemy all spoke a foreign language and the army went somewhere else to fight.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
