yore
Example Sentences
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I’d been hesitant about my decision to stay outside of the downtown area, but as the band conjured a Charleston of yore, I knew I’d made the right choice.
Thousands flock to its parade of cowboys on horseback, antique cars and floats featuring oil pumps -- a hat tip to the Wild West of yore.
From Barron's
Like gold rushes of yore, the surest path to making money often comes from selling mining gear.
When the rapping resumes, the man goes to the window to admit “a stately Raven / of the saintly days of yore.”
She cited festivals in mission towns, such as Santa Barbara’s Old Spanish Days Fiesta, where people dress up like the Californios of yore to remember a romanticized era that was destined to end badly.
From Los Angeles Times
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