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
Besides there was a very fierce battle fought near Camelford in some remote time, and the tradition of it is strong to this day.
From Cornwall by Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith)
The original foundation of the temple must date back to a remote time: the work of some of the early builders is in fact referred to in the inscriptions on the present structure.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
For there is a good deal of evidence to suggest that shells also were regarded, even in that remote time, as life-giving amulets.
From The Evolution of the Dragon by Smith, G. Elliot
