How to Use yesteryear in a Sentence

yesteryear

noun
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  • The byproducts from the town gas of yesteryear laced the site.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
  • 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
  • Part of the shift has to do with the zinfandels of yesteryear.
    — Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2022
  • This cropped curly look with blunt bangs pays homage to silent movie stars of yesteryear.
    — Yaa Bofah, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2021
  • 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
  • What used to be considered the best golf shirts and pants of yesteryear are long gone.
    — Michael Loré, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Think of it as your prep for the water cooler chats of yesteryear.
    — Rasputin Todd, The Enquirer, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The occasion seemed to lack the pep, zip and kick of yesteryear’s opening day.
    — Johnny Miller, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 June 2017
  • Gone is the climate of yesteryear, and there’s no going back.
    — John Branch, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2020
  • This just in: Rose gold and gold fixtures might also be a thing of yesteryear.
    — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Check out some images from the galas of yesteryear before the glamorous and glitzy event this evening.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 2 May 2022
  • Join host King Kaufman and some special guests for a trip to those thrilling days of yesteryear.
    — SFChronicle.com, 1 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • These projects have gone mainstream in ways that fans of yesteryear could only have dreamed of.
    — Andrew Liptak, The Week, 28 June 2022
  • The CTOs of yesteryear tended to be geeks (in the most complimentary sense of the word).
    — Kris Fitzgerald, Forbes, 14 June 2021
  • So, too, were yesteryear stars of every sport Ward wrote about.
    — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • For a romantic stay with yesteryear ambiance and charm, try the Planters Inn, which was built in 1844.
    — Chris Dwyer, CNN, 9 Feb. 2022
  • While the automats of yesteryear are gone, the devotion to fast food remains — but there’s been a shift.
    — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 June 2022
  • The Opry City Stage is a venue that has such a cool way of merging the music of yesteryear with the music of tomorrow.
    — Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 30 May 2018
  • Many of the poisons of today were the miracle cures of yesteryear.
    — Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Michigan sports fans, time to cheer some of your favorite stars from yesteryear one more time.
    — Matthew Dolan, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2017
  • This year's phones have flat edges like the iPhone 4 and 5 of yesteryear, as well as support for 5G wireless networks.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Podcasts have taken the reins from the spooky radio shows of yesteryear, and there are plenty.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Plus, its central land is named Discovery Island, in what seems to be a nod to the park of yesteryear.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 2 Apr. 2022
  • For those who have fallen prey to swapping out their decor as the trends come and go, this return to a style of yesteryear can’t come soon enough.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Add a touch of yesteryear to your Easter celebration with these old-school decorations, from store-bought to hand-crafted.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Song portrays no passion for yesteryear’s Korean home or for her current American situ.
    — Armond White, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023

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