How to Use heyday in a Sentence

heyday

noun
  • The fort would have witnessed the heyday of the sailing barges.
    William Booth, Washington Post, 24 July 2023
  • By the dawn of the Eighties and the end of Lear’s heyday, TV had been transformed.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Even the probe’s name evokes the Soviet Union’s space-age heyday.
    Kenneth Chang and Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In 2014, in the heyday of the Silicon Valley startup boom, that app, The League, was born.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • In the heyday of these venues, crowds flocked in, drawn by the celebrity connection and the chance to glimpse their favorite stars in the flesh.
    Tiffany Tse, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • During their heyday, the band went on tour throughout the state, the country and in Europe.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The store has just two employees, down from five in its heyday.
    Roland Li, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Think vaulted ceilings and boho decor that throw back to the heyday of surfing in the ’60s.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 19 July 2023
  • But the failure to succeed at what Twitter was in its heyday is one thing.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Researchers were working on all sorts of passion projects in the Labs’ heyday.
    Amy Feldman, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The heyday of the push-up bra came and went ages before Kim Kardashian launched shapewear label Skims in 2019.
    Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Aug. 2023
  • All names from the heyday of Las Vegas, names that now are but grainy memories on YouTube.
    USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Four decades after their heyday, Journey still plays to packed arenas around the world.
    Brandon Griggs, CNN, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Throughout the Band’s heyday, Robertson spun myths and legends about the United States.
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • But teams will be intrigued by the production from his heyday.
    Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 15 June 2023
  • With 70% of US steel needs now met by scrap steel fed through electric arc furnaces, the heyday of iron ore shipments is gone.
    Michael Barnard, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The first drive-in theater opened in the United States in 1933, but the concept didn’t reach its heyday until mid century.
    Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Styles that have had their heyday are resurrected in new ways.
    Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Yankee and Omar had been beefing since reggaeton’s heyday in the 2000s.
    Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
  • While Gen Xers may have been in their late teens and early 20s, ‘90s kids enjoyed reggaetón’s heyday as much younger teenagers and children.
    Frances Solá-Santiago, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2023
  • This was the heyday of Omicron, so some people crowded into the living room in N95s, but most dialled in on Zoom.
    Matthew Schnipper, The New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2023
  • His memory speaks to a happy time, when soaps were in their heyday and the actors were legendary and larger than life.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • Now, instead of sitting at the end of a pub trading stories of punk’s heyday in exchange for free pints, Matlock, 66, is firmly in the present.
    Jason Pettigrew, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Are there artists or people within the industry now who share the activist instinct of your heyday?
    Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 26 June 2023
  • This is the heyday in the mid-Nineties — this is riot grrrl but also alternative hip-hop.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Yeoh is a genuine icon, bridging the anything-goes heyday of Hong Kong’s action films and the world of Hollywood blockbusters.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Mar. 2023
  • Now, of course, resorts all along the Costa del Sol show off that first heyday with archival, black-and-white photos (by Aarons and others) of the rich and famous cavorting in the area.
    Ann Abel, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Since the heyday of those players, Auburn alumnus Frank Thomas has been the heaviest home run hitter produced by state schools.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The latter part of that era is remembered as a sort of heyday for Alderney, a time of prosperity and plenty.
    Rebecca Panovka, Harper's Magazine, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Even some 60 years since its heyday, the style has endured and serves as the inspiration for many of today’s most prominent trends.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes, 9 Mar. 2023

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