my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore
Recent Examples on the WebLike my sports legends of yore, could Integra ever live up to the expectations? Tribune News Service, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022 Certainly, the descendants of immigrants suddenly consulting their grade-school genealogy charts in search of an escape route is a weird coda to all those triumphant stories of yore about starting over in America. Ashley Fetters Maloy, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022 But working together to pack stadiums with their overlapping audiences, the bands offer reassurance that the traditions of yore haven’t died in an era when music’s most visible rock star is Harry Styles.Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2022 California Republicans aren’t the only recipients of largesse from taxpayers of yore grousing about the effect of higher education subsidies on the taxpayers of today. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2022 Like their electric car kin, these electric SUVs are—for the most part—no longer the penalty boxes of EVs of yore. Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 22 Aug. 2022 In the meantime, amid the desolate movie landscape, blockbusters of yore are returning to theaters. Frank Pallotta, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022 And while not everyone needs to be the best public speaker or a warm-and-fuzzy people person, low-code opens up opportunities that developers of yore were excluded from. Earl Duque, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022 This cute Easter egg of character development reminds me of hidden, clickable bits in Flash animations of yore. Sam Machkovech, Ars Technica, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from yore, adverb, long ago, from Old English gēara, from gēar year — more at year