agone
Americanadverb
adverb
Example Sentences
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Let me see: how many years will it be agone?'
From A Terrible Tomboy by Brazil, Angela
I see you not half an hour agone coming out of Stubbs's office!
From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John
When my Maggie were lyin' badly four years agone, and us thought she was goin' to die, she asked me to go and fetch her pastor—dash;that's what she called him.
From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian
On Gideon still holdt der sun— Thou dids't for "Josh" in years agone; Und let der melancholy moon Still flood der vale of Ajalon!
From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by MacKay, Angus
Though the dream of love may tire, In the ages long agone There were ruby hearts of fire— Ah, the daughters of the dawn!
From The Divine Vision and Other Poems by A.E.
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