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Example sentences for "times gone"

  • They is two complete sets of triplets on record in times gone past, an' ever' generation kin be depended on to perduce at leas' one set of twins.

  • And as I goes along on my way, speeding 'cross-town bound for our quarters, I'm trying to think of a stylish word which in times gone by I has heard some of the white folks use as a pet name for a note from one loving soul to another.

  • They were going to a foreign land to fight, many of them to die, not in one of those adventurous campaigns of times gone by, but in the wet trenches or the hideous No Man's Land between.

  • And he and Ned had seen some pretty lively times all told, in times gone by.

  • Indeed, these fellows had been through so much in times gone by that they knew how to make the most of a bad bargain, and adapt themselves to circumstances as they found them.

  • What could I have seen in him, times gone by?

  • Tisn't very often as I gets the chance of minding how 'twas in times gone past.

  • Throughout the country that we passed through, the fierce Paulistas had raided in times gone by, carrying off the Christian Indians to be slaves.

  • Through it in times gone by I often rode at night in terror, with a pistol in my hand, the heavy foliage of the trees brushing my hat, and thinking every instant that a tiger would jump out.

  • The "Knights Templar" of Quenington were famous in times gone by.

  • There are several miles of fishing at the Bull, as many an Oxonian has discovered in times gone by, and we trust will again.

  • And along with the cups, saucers and tea-pots, the waiter brought a miniature caraffe, which in times gone by contained the brandy that always accompanied an order of coffee.

  • Legion must have been the loving couples that have visited this spot in times gone by, for their vows of fidelity were graven in endearing terms on the stony sides of the retreat.

  • I felt my old passion rising;--that passion which in times gone by had drawn us from our sleep at dawn, and scissors and pruning knife in hand, how many happy hours had H.

  • It was then that war recommenced, after more than two centuries of peace, and its mode had entirely changed from that of times gone by, and the notion of single combat was totally discarded.

  • In times gone by no game of cards having any resemblance to gambling was played among the gentry; moral discipline forbade such.

  • You say your social atmosphere in respect of such matters was far better in times gone by,' said another.

  • The little town has its historic legends; it boasts of the ruins of a castle, which in times gone by was inhabited by rich Polish counts, whose descendants, having become poor, have long since left their manorial home.

  • As in times gone by, the heroes of this literature are common people.

  • But oftenest of all she would sit working by his side, while he told her stories of times gone by, stories which would have been dull to any but her, but which she could listen to and applaud.

  • A simple primitive action, the first and simplest act of colonization, yet producing such great results on the history of the world, as did the parting of Lot and Abraham in times gone by.

  • James Gosford had been one of my favourite old comrades in times gone by, and here he was.

  • Sir Launcelot said, "Elaine, I have done thee great and grievous wrong in times gone by.

  • Well I know her, and often have I had reason to chide her in times gone by for the mischiefs she was continually plotting against innocent folk.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    among them; ancient period; caught himself; cold butter; current through; largely used; like herself; methylene blue; nineteen years; past experience; seen later; small volume; stand here; three specimens; times gone; times greater; times like; times more; times past; times when; unmarried woman; vide post; whereby the; whom thou; wild land; yerba mate