Bygone

Word BYGONE
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Hyphenation by gone
Pronunciations /ˈbaɪɡɒn/

Definitions and meanings of "Bygone"

What do we mean by bygone?

Gone by; past. adjective

One, especially a grievance, that is past. noun

Past; gone by; hence, out of date; antiquated: as, “thy bygone fooleries,”

What is gone by and past: as, that is a bygone; let bygones be bygones; “let old bygones be,” noun

Past; gone by. adjective

Something gone by or past; a past event. noun

Let the past be forgotten. noun

Having been or happened in the far past. adjective

A person or occurrence that took place in the past. noun

Well in the past; former adjective

Past events to be put aside noun

(usually plural) An event that happened in the past.

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The word "bygone" in example sentences

Today this is a hill near San Juanito Escobedo — locally known as Las Cuevas — but in bygone days this hill was actually an island in the middle of now-drained Lake Magdalena. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I lived near to what was a major public order situation in bygone years, and found interestingly that despite the fact I had to commute through it several days running, not once was i harrassed, stopped or bothered by the police. ❋ Inspector Gadget (2010)

The words used in bygone eras were not as sharp or short as they are now, and neither were the phrases. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Movies that employ wildly imagined inventions and anachronistic technology set in bygone eras can all fall under this name. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What happened in bygone days was that on the day before Lent, the choir boys would take a large scroll with the word "ALLELUIA" on it and bury it outside the church - only to be dug up again after Easter has passed. ❋ Francis (2006)

Poets, lyrists shaped our national consciousness and gave expression to our national aspirations in bygone times - and they are continuing to shape that consciousness to this very day. ❋ Unknown (1984)

You are aware that in bygone ages, the world's noblest monuments, St. Denis in France, Westminster Abbey, and other repositories wherein the epics of nations shine eternally, were perfected not through mercenary toil, but mostly by the pious labours of the lowly, who thereby blended a portion of their drab, flitting existence with immortality. ❋ Unknown (1944)

They are incredible, until one recalls the wars and plagues and the incredibly bad life in bygone ages. ❋ Unknown (1943)

Having long before travelled this country on foot and by canoe it was indeed interesting during my recent flight to watch the river below, picking out spots here and there where in bygone years something interesting, amusing, or perhaps tragic had happened. ❋ Unknown (1936)

All around the castle was a deep trench filled with water; and across this there had been a bridge in bygone days that could be hoisted. ❋ Unknown (1922)

As she recognized each farm along the road, she could not picture anything else than that everything at home would be as in bygone days. ❋ Unknown (1911)

Mutiny in bygone days, and had read how the prisoners then had often been murdered just at the moment when rescue was at hand. ❋ Unknown (1891)

If someone had taken me to one side and said, look, love, not to beat about the bush or anything, but if you think of those soldiers in bygone civil warfare, having their legs amputated in field hospitals to one side of the battle, and triple the pain, you’d be more or less approaching it …. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Sunday, 12: 30 p.m. Magic by other means, the loopy trick films of Spaniard Segundo de Chom ó n recall the bygone pleasures of a stage act's abrupt surprises and quirky flourishes. ❋ Greater New York Staff (2010)

In lieu of pitchers, the beer was being served (for on-premise consumption only) in special 64-ounce growler jugs, recalling a bygone day when beer drinkers used similar containers to tote their beer home from the saloon. ❋ Unknown (2010)

While today we may have one-off art-world gatherings that recall the bygone downtown vibe, we wax nostalgic about Max's Kansas City because we don't really have an equivalent. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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