in days gone by

Example Sentences

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General manager Rob Blake had to make decisions based on reason, not on misty memories of triumphs in days gone by.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2023

While religiously unaffiliated people in days gone by might have been “unchurched,” this is no longer the case.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2016

There are cars parked behind that open end, which Oxford are currently attacking, giving it a vague air of Stamford Bridge in days gone by...

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2016

"I think we leave that where we should leave it, where it had some meaning and that is in days gone by in South Africa," he said.

From Reuters • Feb. 12, 2013

Sometimes it was to look at the islands dappled across the horizon; other times to talk about the jetty and how boats might have used it in days gone by.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge