Used in a Sentence

nostalgia

How to use nostalgia in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for nostalgia.

Editorial note

Oh this fills me with a mix of nostalgia and dread.

Examples15
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

longing for something past

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of nostalgia gathered in one view.

noun

longing for something past

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for nostalgia.

noun

longing for something past

Example sentences

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Oh this fills me with a mix of nostalgia and dread.

2

"What did it for me was a bit of foggy nostalgia one day.

3

A couple hundred megs of Mod files provide hours of nostalgia.

4

You're letting nostalgia or your hatred for "closed" systems bias you.

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I'll shed a single tear because I have nostalgia for the print version, but this isn't really such bad news.

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" nostalgia that comes up on HN has always been: "Meh. No one I work with had an Apple II, and we all still ended up as tech-types.

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I've been active here for about 2 years now. I don't think there's been the dreadful decline people are talking about; I think it's mostly nostalgia talking.

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Not only does this trigger GeoCities nostalgia, it calls back to the days when betas were really betas.

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I think that the lens of nostalgia strengthens our pleasant memories of the books and can't really ever compare to these new strips.

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First, future tense nostalgia is an interesting concept.

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Look at some of the best games on the market back then, games like Megaman or Star Fox, and they are are only popular as nostalgia pieces today.

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If you think this is a trend of the past decade, then you either weren't a gamer in the '90s, or you are letting nostalgia colour your perceptions.

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" sounds a lot like wistful nostalgia for this gatekeeping behavior.

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It's not that we're self-centered--it's that so much of the rest of the world is presented through some exploitative nostalgia that we hold it suspect.

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People liking physical books has less to do with nostalgia and more to do with the fact that physical books have much better and more refined formats in many cases.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use nostalgia in a sentence?

Oh this fills me with a mix of nostalgia and dread.

What does nostalgia mean?

longing for something past

What part of speech is nostalgia?

nostalgia is commonly used as noun.