Meaning of time was | Babel Free

Definitions

It was once true (that)...; there was a time when...

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Examples

“Time was, the feet of the messengers of peace were glorious, but now their message is mean; […] time was, thou wert exceeding tender of the least sin, and not a day past, but thy cheeks were wet in secret before the Lord; now thou art grown blind […] .”

“I call him poor; but time was, that in our intercourse I was the obliged party.”

“Liberal arts and community colleges as well as other teaching-centered institutions have always promoted high standards of teaching excellence. But time was that no one really cared much what instructors in more research-oriented universities did in the classroom, as long as it was legal.”

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