olden
Example Sentences
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In the olden days of schoolmaster Increase Whittlesey, the girls sat on one side, the boys on the other.
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It was a man “dressed in a white cravat, and a brown coat of the olden style.”
From Literature
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Way back in olden times — seven days ago — Goldman Sachs lifted its year-end gold price target to $5,400 from $4,900.
From MarketWatch
“In the olden days when Grandma Mae was a kid, babies didn’t have car seats, and it all worked out fine. You know I’m a good driver,” Mom says.
From Literature
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"It was like living in the olden days," her son T-jay adds.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.