Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: yore
IPA transcription: [j'ɔɹ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: yore
    Meaning: time long past
Usage examples
  • They are again enshrined, as bright and polished as of yore, and my destiny is once more in their keeping.
  • 'So on those happy days of yore Oft as I dare to dwell once more, Still must I miss the friends so tried, Whom Death has severed from my side.
  • On the following day he reached the harbour of St. Julian, where he found a gibbet erected of yore by Magellan for the punishment of some rebellious members of his crew.
  • They held their ground successfully--as the lay schools did--during the evil days of later ages, when determined attempts were made, under the penal laws, to suppress them; and at the present day they are working all over the country quite as vigorously as in days of yore.
  • Then Janshah asked the apes by signs what they were and to whom the palace belonged, and they answered him by signals, 'Know ye that this island belonged of yore to our lord Solomon, son of David (on both of whom be peace!), and he used to come hither once every year for his solace,'"--And Shahrazad perceived the dawn of day and ceased saying her permitted say.