remote time
Example Sentences
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It is, as you said, a 'superb evocation of a remote time and place'.
From The Guardian • Oct. 2, 2012
The glory that is being celebrated is not of this day, but of some more remote time.
From Time Magazine Archive
Probably we shall be right in regarding both classes of animals as having been sacred at a remote time, and the connection with the human form as being subsequent.
From The Religion of Ancient Egypt by Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir
For as to singing-schools, there had been a time—a remote time long ago—and Dallas knew it.
From The Front Yard by Woolson, Constance Fenimore
Surprise need not be expressed at such superstition prevailing in a country where faith in witchcraft still lingers, and in which, at no very remote time, the statutes against witches were in full force.
From The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales by Grant, James, archaeologist
