How to Use bygone in a Sentence

bygone

adjective

• The stone wall is from a bygone age.
• Hamill was one of New York's last connections to a bygone era of newspapers.
  — NBC News, 5 Aug. 2020
• Farm-fresh milk, cheese and other foods left on the front porch before dawn may be an idea from a bygone era — except when a pandemic hits.
  — Heather L. King, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2020
• The modern broom owes a whole lot to the bygone corn husk and natural fiber designs that first cropped up in the late 1700s.
  — Popular Science, 17 June 2020
• Drive-in theaters, emblems of a bygone era of Americana, have enjoyed a renaissance amid the lockdown.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 June 2020
• The quadrennial political gatherings are a relic of a bygone era.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 31 July 2020
• In addition to subtle signals to a bygone era, there’s also a peaceful spa, two swimming pools, and in the summer, a garden terrace and rooftop bar with sweeping harbor views.
  — Alisha Prakash, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• After Pence had spoken, a scene unfolded that seemed from a bygone era, as audience members moved from their chairs and gathered near the stage to greet him, Trump and their wives.
  — Jill Colvin, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2020
• The calming voice of a bygone narrator from Radio Days plays over a rich color palette of the Mushroom Kingdom.
  — Michael Ashley, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
• Among the carnage wrought by the devastating Palisades fire were two pieces of California history dating to a bygone era.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
• Istanbul is filled with historic properties that pay homage to the city’s bygone Byzantine and Ottoman Empire days, but our winner bucks that trend.
  — Devorah Lev-Tov, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• Patchwork designs, handstitched details, and goods crafted using traditional techniques recall a bygone era.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2020
• The vibe: The bar still looks a lot like the bygone Hands Down space (minus the neon sign).
  — Madalyn Mendoza, Axios, 22 July 2024
• At the end of the day, Fox credits her life’s work to the bygone era she was raised in.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2024
• All that stuff seems so quaint and like from a bygone era.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2021
• Men in Kilts can’t help but give off echoes of a bygone era.
  — Sarene Leeds, Vulture, 1 Mar. 2021
• The back wall doubles as a whiteboard, still smeared with the grime of bygone notes.
  — WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
• But the hot dog stand is not an artifact of a bygone era.
  — Amy Cavanaugh, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 June 2023
• Such Cold War machinations might seem like the stuff of a bygone era.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• Here are some of the most popular guns of a bygone era and a new version built to stand the test of time.
  — John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 24 Feb. 2021
• By the ’60s, the mustangs were regarded as relics of a bygone era.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Oct. 2021
• These days, the idea of a free wine tasting feels like something from a bygone era.
  — Urmila Ramakrishnan, SFChronicle.com, 22 Oct. 2020
• Instead, there’s something about it that evokes the thought and care paid to the design of bygone eras.
  — Amanda Lauren, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• This image, like game rentals as a whole, is now a relic of a bygone era.
  — Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2024
• With their war wounds, the characters of Adagio seem like ghosts of a bygone era.
  — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2023
• Even that shooting of 16 years ago belongs to a bygone era.
  — Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
• There is no honor in skipping meals for a bygone, bad idea of style ideals.
  — Faran Krentcil, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Sep. 2022
• With an icon of a bygone era at his back, Tyler wields his success like a cudgel.
  — Sheldon Pearc, The New Yorker, 30 June 2021
• You’d be forgiven for thinking so, but not all the cars on this list are from a bygone era.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2022
• The concept aims to revive the former glory of a bygone era in Midtown.
  — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Feb 2025