[
US
/ˈɡɔn/
]
[ UK /ɡˈɒn/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈɒn/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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used up or no longer available
gone with the wind
if we don't get there early, all the best seats will be gone -
destroyed or killed
we are gone geese -
well in the past; former
dreams of foregone times
sweet memories of gone summers
relics of a departed era
bygone days -
drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted
the day's shopping left her exhausted
only worn-out horses and cattle
you look worn out
was fagged and sweaty
he went to bed dog-tired
felt completely washed-out
the trembling of his played out limbs -
dead
our dear departed friend
he is deceased -
stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol)
helplessly inebriated
a noisy crowd of intoxicated sailors
How To Use gone In A Sentence
- That gave us the time to move arbalests and mangonels into position along the walls.
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- One can only guess at the research and detective work that has gone into the bald details recorded for each piece.
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
- There are a few formalities to be gone through before you enter a foreign country.
- It's that last part Buckley is singing about, but he probably should have considered penning a few lines to himself regarding the "musician gone too soon" part.
- Only a few minutes had gone when the Welshman flung in an inviting right-foot cross to the back post.
- He would never have gone to the Union while his wife was alive: she said it was "plebby. The Key to Rebecca
- Croi from time immemorial had been renowned for its devout and strict observance of papistic rites and ceremonies; the Counts of Nassau had gone over to the new sect -- sufficient reasons why Philip of Croi, Duke of Arschot, should prefer a party which placed him the most decidedly in opposition to the Prince of Orange. History of the Revolt of the Netherlands — Volume 02
- His casual reaction, "you're overreacting," "these things happen, right?" suggests they've gone through this before, with presumably the more recent procedure she discussed with her gyno. Samantha Zalaznick: Mad Men Recap: Help!