How to Use yore in a Sentence

yore

noun
  • This kind of harkens back to the Goldilocks scenario of yore.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 6 July 2021
  • What followed, though, was more akin to the upfronts of yore.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 May 2022
  • For the gamer in your life, these fun coasters will remind them of games of yore.
    — Dana Holmes, CNN Underscored, 18 Nov. 2020
  • The whole thing might almost be a nod to the Lego ethic of yore.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2017
  • So why not just go with the flow and scrap the subscription model of yore?
    — OregonLive.com, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Kids pop in a card and settle in to listen, like tape players of yore!
    — Lindsey Hunter Lopez, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Curling irons have come a long way from the clunky, damaging rods of yore.
    — Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 17 Oct. 2022
  • If that doesn’t feel like one of the cable packages of yore, nothing does.
    — Angela Watercutter, Wired, 1 Oct. 2021
  • That the film recalls the great teen comedies of yore isn’t a bug, but a feature.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, azcentral, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Telemedicine will play the role of the first consultation, akin to the house-call of yore.
    — The Economist, 31 Mar. 2020
  • My biggest gripe with my brow gels of yore is that the hold never gave what it was supposed to give.
    — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 10 Mar. 2022
  • As in nature herself, there is death and, as in England of yore, blood sport.
    — Katherine A. Powers Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 15 Jan. 2021
  • The 16-foot two-person pod looks nothing like the Airstreams of yore.
    — Ariella Gintzler, Outside Online, 23 Apr. 2018
  • There were very few mishaps at polling places, and the long lines that plagued Georgia elections of yore are no longer.
    — Rick Klein, ABC News, 25 May 2022
  • But the attackers are a far cry from the northern barbarian hordes of yore.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 20 June 2019
  • Six towns make up the county’s west end, most of which rose up around taverns and inns for travelers of yore.
    — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 21 Feb. 2021
  • Expect the auto shops that survive to be busier and look different from those of yore.
    — WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Get inspired by the chicest fetes of yore and throw yourself the ultimate house party.
    — Marie Claire, 7 Dec. 2020
  • Thus, the bone-rattling hits of yore are being legislated out of the game.
    — Bob Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 19 May 2018
  • Modern day midi skirts are not the stiff, stick-straight pencil style in office boardrooms of yore.
    — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 13 June 2026
  • The special is a fun-with-characters piece, not quite the sitcom-Wire of yore.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 1 May 2020
  • The new Child’s Play changes the backstory of Chucky, the evil doll of yore.
    — Aja Romano, Vox, 21 June 2019
  • This recipe recommends basil, which will round out the flavors for those who seek the familiar pesto of yore.
    — Beth Segal, cleveland, 16 June 2020
  • Jumping rope and other games of yore are a hit again with women over 40 in the south suburbs.
    — Janice Neumann, chicagotribune.com, 9 Sep. 2021
  • By giving the tropes of yore such a fresh update, Brunson may have forged a new classic of her own.
    — Inkoo Kang, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2022
  • While the facade of the old, white building was a nod to castles of yore, the new building takes the theme to an extreme.
    — Kate Silver, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • But Wahls hasn’t given up hope that the Iowa Democrats can revert back to the base of yore.
    — Ben Jacobs, The New Republic, 28 June 2022
  • Seven of us sit there, sipping Don Julio and recalling the demons of yore.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The Mongols in days of yore stunned their Western foes with poisonous gases.
    — Vladimir Nabokov, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • The crowd ranges, Daisy says, from people around her age and younger up through to veterans of the great ecstasy age of yore.
    — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 2026

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