former time

Examples (10)

• At former times, the village held a fair on the green every spring.
• Customs from former times still influence our wedding ceremonies today.
• Unlike former times, information now travels around the world in seconds.
• The museum preserves records of former times in its climate‑controlled archive.
• In former times, apprentices learned a trade by living with the master.
• He spoke with nostalgia about a former time when neighbors left their doors unlocked.
• This ritual is a relic of former times, kept alive by a few dedicated families.
• Laws from former times were revised to reflect modern values.
• The quiet streets recall former times before the factories arrived.
• Poetry of former times often used strict meter and rhyme.