How to Use yesteryear in a Sentence

yesteryear

noun
  • Arrange them on a shelf for a touch of yesteryear in your kitchen.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 June 2026
  • The byproducts from the town gas of yesteryear laced the site.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • Think of it as your prep for the water cooler chats of yesteryear.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Part of the shift has to do with the zinfandels of yesteryear.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • What used to be considered the best golf shirts and pants of yesteryear are long gone.
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The big man of yesteryear can plant his size 17s on the low block and go to work from there.
    — USA Today, 22 Apr. 2021
  • So, too, were yesteryear stars of every sport Ward wrote about.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • These projects have gone mainstream in ways that fans of yesteryear could only have dreamed of.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Week, 28 June 2022
  • Gone is the climate of yesteryear, and there’s no going back.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Michigan sports fans, time to cheer some of your favorite stars from yesteryear one more time.
    — Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2017
  • And, much like the child movie stars of yesteryear, these idols are not seeing all the profits.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Now such money, like such stories, are part of yesteryear.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 26 May 2026
  • When that happens, there’s no telling who might come out on top—but these are not the late-night wars of yesteryear.
    — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 9 Mar. 2017
  • Those pesky facts have not stopped the push at all levels of government to go back to yesteryear.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The occasion seemed to lack the pep, zip and kick of yesteryear’s opening day.
    — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Check out some images from the galas of yesteryear before the glamorous and glitzy event this evening.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • England didn’t have to look far to find ghosts of yesteryear, for there was one standing on its own sideline.
    — Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 3 July 2018
  • The defense on display looked like a throwback to yesteryear.
    — Star Tribune, 25 Oct. 2020
  • In the lobby bar, mahogany walls are lined with oil paintings that point to a noble yesteryear.
    — Kristin Braswell, ELLE Decor, 19 Mar. 2018
  • With no games on the schedule for nearly three straight weeks, sports fans are turning to some of the great games of yesteryear.
    — Curt Hogg, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Porter promised a return to yesteryear in a speech that was a far cry from old-time political rhetoric.
    — George Skelton, Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Porter promised a return to yesteryear in a speech that was a far cry from old-time political rhetoric.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • They're meant to be worn tight against the body, giving them a cooler vibe than the low hanging leather satchels of yesteryear.
    — Jake Emen, GQ, 29 Oct. 2017
  • Podcasts have taken the reins from the spooky radio shows of yesteryear, and there are plenty.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • As a striker, Delap is a throwback to yesteryear, but with a deft touch.
    — Dan Sheldon, The Athletic, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Many of the poisons of today were the miracle cures of yesteryear.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
  • While the automats of yesteryear are gone, the devotion to fast food remains — but there’s been a shift.
    — Associate Restaurant Critic, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2022
  • Mullen’s job is to return it to the funning, gunning, cunning days of yesteryear.
    — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Join host King Kaufman and some special guests for a trip to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
    — SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2019
  • Lincoln’s status isn’t the same as its yesteryear glory.
    — James Raia, Mercury News, 21 June 2026

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