How to Use days gone by in a Sentence

days gone by

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  • In days gone by, the role of the CISO has not been considered an essential role to the business.
    Dmitry Dontov, Forbes, 12 May 2021
  • Of course, no two nurseries are the same, and many moms and dads still decorate with the bright yellows, reds, and blues of days gone by.
    Amelia Tait, Wired, 26 Nov. 2021
  • In days gone by, these waterfowlers would have been joined by tens of thousands just like them.
    Star Tribune, 26 Sep. 2020
  • The compact pickups of days gone by, like the Chevrolet S10 and Dodge Dakota, have felt like a distant memory.
    Nathan Bomey, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2021
  • General mayhem seems to have dominated the news in April in days gone by.
    Baltimore Sun, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Bring home the charm with these quaint signs—guaranteed to evoke happy memories of days gone by, while creating new ones at the same time.
    Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Nov. 2021
  • In the deepening dusk a graceful cascade of light drops from above, reminding visitors of days gone by.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 11 Nov. 2022
  • In days gone by, he might be convinced to return and finish his unfinished business in college, but that is no longer the way the business of basketball works.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 20 Mar. 2021
  • Weather proverbs also originate from days gone by from almost every country in the world.
    Tom Sater, CNN, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Advancing age has taken its toll and, lacking the mobility of days gone by, Elsa stopped opening the door in recent years.
    Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Companies now have mobile apps and ecommerce platforms for customers to order anytime anywhere instead of before the doors close at 5 O’clock at the bricks-and-mortar shop of days gone by.
    Keith Ferrazzi, Fortune, 3 Mar. 2022
  • She’s surrounded by mementos of days gone by from her birthplace of Wotton-under-Edge, England.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 27 Dec. 2021
  • But unlike your standard spherical fare, Rotganzen's are melted, morphous, and a bit melancholic, a visual reminder of nightclub glory days gone by.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2021

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