of an earlier time
Example Sentences
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But Nolan says his goal was to ensure accuracy without the 100-million-dollar film feeling like a caricature of an earlier time.
From National Geographic • Jul. 28, 2023
But her success, unlike the editors’ of an earlier time, owes as much to the data-driven discipline of her business as her editorial tastes.
From New York Times • Feb. 7, 2020
Young men in baggy pants and rave beads; girls with hairdos crunchy from mousse, crimson lips trimmed with Jordana lip liner — all redolent of a Los Angeles of an earlier time.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2018
It’s paved now, but the house still sports features of an earlier time: two-pronged electrical outlets, a VCR, inherited furniture.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 14, 2018
I tapped my fingers on the desktop, preferring to fall back into my daydream of an earlier time filled with raised hands, muffled giggles, lessons yet to be learned, and lives yet to be lived.
From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool
