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Grammar : Noun
Spell : yawr, yohr
Phonetic Transcription : yɔr, yoʊr



Definition of yore

Origin :
  • Old English geara (adv.) "of yore," originally genitive plural of gear (see year), and used without of.
  • As in past : noun time gone by
Example sentences :
  • To sing praises as Aneurin of yore, The day he sang the Gododin.
  • Extract from : « Y Gododin » by Aneurin
  • They wanted to see their table of yore, on the left hand, right at the back of the room.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • He no longer treated Bongrand in the wheedling, respectful manner of yore.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • In making speeches he does not speak as boldly, as directly as in days of yore.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • A very good time it was, cattle selling higher than of yore.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • His moustache, sticking all ways out, as of yore, was quite white now.
  • Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
  • In which summation he showed himself indeed a “sumner,” as it was called of yore.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • Boucicault, whom I knew well of yore in America, introduced it into something.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • But there had passed away a glory, and the dream was not as it had been of yore.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
  • As Mr. Wordsworth said, it is not now as it hath been of yore.
  • Extract from : « Pipefuls » by Christopher Morley

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