How to Use gone in a Sentence

gone

adjective

• The outfielder went back to the fence and jumped, but the ball was gone.
• She should have been back by now. She's been gone for more than an hour.
• Some of the heroes should probably be gone and stay gone.
  — Jason Parham, WIRED, 1 May 2018
• Running David Montgomery also thought the play should’ve gone to Iowa State.
  — Nathan Ruiz, ajc, 11 Nov. 2017
• The case has been stymied by numerous delays, and Noguez still hasn’t gone to trial.
  — Adam Elmahrek, latimes.com, 15 May 2017
• Hopefully, Germany and Europe are not too far gone to hear it.
  — Jonah Shepp, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Sep. 2017
• There’s no other way that could’ve gone to make that any more spectacular.
  — Chaunte'l Powell, orlandosentinel.com, 3 June 2019
• John's and Harry's relationship is too far gone to fix it.
  — Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 16 Mar. 2018
• But Illinois’s pension deficits are too far gone and its leaders are quickly running out of tricks.
  — Lauren Silva Laughlin, WSJ, 11 June 2019
• The Ferrara Candy Company is gone, too, sold to a private equity firm in 2012.
  — Jason Buckland, New York Times, 29 May 2017
• Characters on this series don’t tend to stay gone forever.
  — Laura Bradley, HWD, 25 June 2017
• Meanwhile, everybody wants to know: why has Boris Johnson gone so quiet on Brexit?
  — Bloomberg.com, 15 Aug. 2017
• Democrats may be too far gone to listen, in which case the only discipline would be political defeat.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 10 Feb. 2019
• While the slippers might already be gone (hopefully, there's a restock soon!), there's a good chance that more products will be going up, including the hoodie.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 26 Dec. 2018
• Neither Lue nor the organization expects him to be gone long -- both sides say certainly before the playoffs start in mid-April, but maybe even before the month is out.
  — Joe Vardon, cleveland.com, 19 Mar. 2018
• If the tree is too far gone — which is likely for most trees in Indiana — the arborist can help determine the tree's structural integrity and recommend a removal process and provide a quote.
  — Sarah Bowman, Indianapolis Star, 17 Aug. 2017
• However, some lenses might just be too far gone and need either professional help or to be replaced entirely.
  — Zachary Palmer, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2018
• But the stories of the black conservatives who tried to tell America that something was deeply wrong with the Republican Party many of them loved deeply aren’t too far gone to be remembered, or to be retold today.
  — Jane Coaston, Vox, 12 Oct. 2018
• Clooney is well known in her field for not only defending government leaders who’ve gone to prison but also for advocating on behalf of neglected and exploited groups.
  — Vanities, 29 Mar. 2017
• That’s an advantage not available to lower-income students, even those who’ve gone attending an outstanding high school like those run by charter operator KIPP.
  — Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2017
• Mentally and physically exhausted from trying to console the family members of someone gone way too soon and in a violent manner.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 30 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024