Long Ago in a sentence

Long, long ago, and long ago it was, as the Irish storytellers begin a major yarn, there was a US President who had more fun on St. Patrick’s Day than any president in history: Ronald Reagan.

It is also possible to estimate how long ago two living clades diverged – i.e. approximately how long ago their last common ancestor must have lived – by assuming that DNA mutations accumulate at a constant rate.

Maybe I could pitch it as a memoir… Too bad all my connections are dead, or retired so long ago that their connections are retired, or else I criticized them in a leaflet 52 years ago for which I was never forgiven.

Regardless of how long ago they served — whether that be over a century ago or more recently — that is no justification for forgetting.

So, while he had to know at that point, it wasn’t that long ago, it was like a year or two years ago that we were working with him.

I remember when Pepe was a harmless frog three years ago (which was not even that long ago) and I would double tap to like Pepe-related memes on Instagram.

One might assume scientists long ago settled this basic question, first explored nearly a century ago by Edwin Hubble.

When contacted, he said that he left the AfD long ago and that the party had picked up all treasury documents in his possession several years ago.

Good commentary and a reminder that it wasn't so long ago, maybe 40-50 years ago, people seldom, if ever, discussed the "market" as if it was some sort of gyroscope or "invisible hand".

Once upon a time, long, long ago, roads in Louisiana were actually worse than they are now.

There aren't a lot of records left to chase; James is already the scoring king and his place in history was secured long, long ago.

Not too long ago, he was staring at the portrait and possibly wondering how long he would need to deal with her ex-husband in her life.

Not long ago, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohammed bin Salman, was hailed across the United States as a long-awaited agent of change who was opening up his conservative kingdom by ushering in an era of social and economic reforms.

The Antarctic has proven to be the place where past climate clues can be found and by past, I mean long, long ago.

You still appear to be in a quandary over a fear or worry which seems to have its roots in the past of long, long ago.

I’m pretty sure there’s a long but direct link to what my kids do onstage now and what 30foot and Sum 41 did that long ago night at Engine Room.

Long, long ago, my samoyed (more fur than dog) had a nasty infected spider bite (how the spider got through the fur is beyond me).

In this history, human beings did not evolve on Earth but were the result of interstellar colonies planted by Hain long ago, which was followed by a long period when interstellar travel ceased.

A former Kaizer Chiefs cult hero was earning as much as R18 million per year in Belgium not so long ago.

After this letter, the deputy sent a series of written questions to the Ministry of the Interior to check if the information had been verified, how long ago this practice began and how many Moroccan migrants had already been locked up in containers.