How to Use long gone in a Sentence

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• By then, many of the top bigs in the portal were long gone.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
• In The Grill, at least, the American Dream is long gone.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2024
• But the excitement that fizzed around the 1994 vote is long gone.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 May 2024
• The torch is long gone, but the schoolhouse now appears here to stay.
  — David Maraniss, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• But the days of Elliott taking over a game are long gone.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• The days of playing with Lego blocks, bike rides in the woods, and swimming trips are long gone.
  — Simon Hill, WIRED, 22 Sep. 2024
• The snacks were long gone, the paper grocery bag stuffed with their trash.
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
• The days of getting a gold watch for long service are long gone.
  — Jason Richmond, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• The days of the Gallaghers having to worry about such things are, of course, long gone.
  — Mark Sutherland, Variety, 3 Sep. 2024
• Those days are long gone, thanks to the Nintendo Switch.
  — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 4 Jan. 2024
• But be aware the ranch itself is long gone and the property is not easy to get to.
  — Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
• The boathouse is long gone, but pilings remain, along with remnants of the rails used to launch the boats.
  — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2024
• The braces are long gone and André, who is now 15, is taller than her by an inch or so.
  — Barry Hatton and Helena Alves, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2023
• Mortgage rates near 7% The days of easy money are long gone.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 14 July 2023
• At day’s end, the sun long gone, my father and I begin to make our way home.
  — Zining Mok, Longreads, 22 Oct. 2024
• Those who are loyal to TikTok will tell you that the good old days are long gone.
  — Kate Lindsay, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2024
• The artesian wells that once bubbled through the valley are long gone.
  — Calmatters, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• By that time the broker who misled them is often long gone from the firm.
  — Katelyn Ferral, Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
• Only the tiny oval is long gone, swallowed with a clump of sweet flesh, and sailing the high seas of your gut.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 22 July 2023
• When her father, who had custody of her, went to pick her up, she was long gone.
  — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• The performance of the big meal is done, the mood has relaxed, the more distasteful guests are long gone.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 28 Nov. 2024
• That when we’re long gone, this is probably going to go on for a while.
  — Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 21 Sep. 2023
• The 2022 glory days of Caleb Williams’ Heisman Trophy reign are long gone.
  — Luca Evans, Orange County Register, 1 Aug. 2024
• O’Brien said the days are long gone when an NFL team could stick with the play called in the huddle every time and expect to succeed.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 5 Aug. 2023
• This means the tree’s original trunk is long gone, but its genome persists.
  — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2024
• Hooper’s The eerie aura that surrounds the house in the movie even before the first victim steps across the threshold is long gone.
  — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2024
• By the time he was found, with his boat long gone, Logan said the man was essentially strapped to the cooler.
  — Luke Barr, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2024
• The old neon Stardust Motel sign is still standing, though the motel is long gone.
  — Tom Fox, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• While the days of driving a beater are long gone, Sweeney said has a hard time coming to terms with her success.
  — Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
• Now, Merkel is long gone and Macron is severely weakened.
  — Alexander Smith, NBC News, 8 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Dec 2024