Get to know Heyday better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like flower or flush.
Heyday meaning
- A period of success, popularity, or power; prime.
- An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.
Synonyms of Heyday
Using Heyday
- The main meaning on this page is: A period of success, popularity, or power; prime. | An exultation of the spirits; gaiety; frolic.
- Useful related words include: flower, period of time, time period, flush.
- In the example corpus, heyday often appears in combinations such as: its heyday, heyday of, the heyday.
Context around Heyday
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 7 middle, 10 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heyday
- In this selection, "heyday" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, wrestling, century, grajagan, nollywood and rosneath stand out and add context to how "heyday" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include in their heyday and 19th century heyday rosneath home. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heyday" sits close to words such as addis, bailout and bittersweet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heyday
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Slasher films rarely tackled social issues in their heyday. (9 words)
Archaeology isn’t what it was in Indiana Jones’s heyday. (11 words)
In its heyday, there were well over 20 locations in Indiana. (11 words)
In order to play Kerry Von Erich, the 32-year-old Allen had to pack on some serious muscle in order to convincingly play a member of the Von Erich family wrestling dynasty, who checked in at 6′ 2″, 254 lbs during his wrestling heyday. (45 words)
The Lords' heyday as a feared south crime family is behind them, so when young Gene Lord (Born To Kill's Jack Rowan) survives a gangland battle he and his fiancée Cindy (Tahirah Sharif) escape to the Costa del Sol. (40 words)
However, in 1953, the film Genevieve was released about a couple of old, crocked cars competing in the London to Brighton race and it sparked an interest in restoring vintage cars to how they looked in their heyday. (38 words)
Ok Boomers, rather than getting an ick over changing anything from what it looked like in its ‘heyday’ why don’t we think about how we take the Island into its new heyday? (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ok Boomers, rather than getting an ick over changing anything from what it looked like in its ‘heyday’ why don’t we think about how we take the Island into its new heyday?
Again, he said he felt "sadness" while walking through the community, which was likened to Blackpool in its heyday.
Archaeology isn’t what it was in Indiana Jones’s heyday.
As Mike Ritter says: "During its heyday, Grajagan was a living metaphor for the surfer's dream of uncrowded perfection in a remote location.
Belles won the competition six times in their heyday and finished as runners-up on a further seven occasions.
Eyes down in Blackpool’s bingo halls has long been a traditional part of entertainment, not least in the resort’s heyday.
However, in 1953, the film Genevieve was released about a couple of old, crocked cars competing in the London to Brighton race and it sparked an interest in restoring vintage cars to how they looked in their heyday.
Hugh Grant plays Alex Fletcher, a pop star whose heyday is long behind him.
In its heyday, Nollywood was a combination of Nigerian actors and their Ghanaian counterparts, with the likes of Majid Michel, John Dumelo, Jackie Appiah, Nadia Buari, and Yvonne Nelson being very popular with the Nigerian audience.
In its heyday, there were well over 20 locations in Indiana.
In order to play Kerry Von Erich, the 32-year-old Allen had to pack on some serious muscle in order to convincingly play a member of the Von Erich family wrestling dynasty, who checked in at 6′ 2″, 254 lbs during his wrestling heyday.
Nice TV match, but it does kind of show you how long has passed since the heyday of NXT.
Of the castle from its 19th-century heyday, Rosneath Home Farm with its tower is a prominent landmark, even though the tower has lost its steeple.
Once one of Hull's most popular clubs, the George Street favourite was also once known as the Queens Hotel before being transformed and adored by thousands during its heyday.
Slasher films rarely tackled social issues in their heyday.
The Argentine, just as Ronaldo did in his heyday, thrives off getting on the ball, producing a trick, beating his man and getting supporters on their feet.
The film even opens with an ominous black-and-white flashback to Fritz in his heyday (albeit sans any hint of Nazi insignia).
The gamble paid off, and he was returned to power with the biggest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher's 1980s heyday.
The hotel’s 2023 schedule is set to include a 100th Anniversary Ball, along with a series of speakeasy events to whisk guests back to Hollywood’s heyday.
The Lords' heyday as a feared south crime family is behind them, so when young Gene Lord (Born To Kill's Jack Rowan) survives a gangland battle he and his fiancée Cindy (Tahirah Sharif) escape to the Costa del Sol.
Common combinations with heyday
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- its heyday 51×
- heyday of 42×
- the heyday 38×
- their heyday 17×
- his heyday 16×
- heyday the 13×
- heyday and 10×
- heyday in 7×
- heyday it 7×
- heyday is 3×