former day

Frequency: 5.83.5 per million words

Often used in plural 'in former days'.

formerADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

day

Examples (10)

  • In former days, people wrote letters by hand.
  • Traditions that flourished in former days still shape our festivals.
  • She longs for the community spirit that existed in former days.
  • As in former days, the town square fills with music every summer.
  • From former days come stories of resilience and craft.
  • Compared with former days, modern travel is effortless.
  • Echoes of former days linger in these abandoned mills.
  • In former days, apprentices learned by shadowing masters.
  • The laws, strict in former days, have since been reformed.
  • May our gardens be as fruitful as in former days.