heyday
1or hey·dey
the stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.; prime: the heyday of the vaudeville stars.
Archaic. high spirits.
Origin of heyday
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(used as an exclamation of cheerfulness, surprise, wonder, etc.)
Origin of heyday
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How to use heyday in a sentence
Our tastes, though, both in the consumer-branded heyday of the ’90s and 2000s and now, lend themselves to the delusion of uniqueness.
They were often found along rocky cliffs and mountains throughout the United States in their heyday of the 1930s and 1940s.
On Tumblr, the internet’s unofficial home for fandom communities, BTS and its members reign supreme, recalling the vast reach of One Direction in its heyday.
On the one hand, Bardugo’s original Shadow and Bone trilogy was written in the heyday of hormonal teen fantasy.
Netflix’s Shadow and Bone is a muddled, joyless checklist of fantasy tropes | Constance Grady | April 23, 2021 | VoxIn the heyday of the third-party cookie, no one was interested in first-party data.
The Rizzoli in New York City was no ordinary bookstore in its seventies heyday.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was the kid making a tidy profit burning CDs for all my friends at two bucks a pop back during the Napster heyday in 2000.
Death of the Author by Viral Infection: In Defense of Taylor Swift, Digital Doomsayer | Arthur Chu | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven a century after his heyday, Houdini has maintained the same mystique he enjoyed while living.
But in his heyday, no public poll showed him with less than 34 percent support among the American public.
A Brief History of Wingnuts in America; From George Washington to Woodstock | John Avlon | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBig Sugar, advocates say, is employing strategies reminiscent of Big Tobacco in its heyday.
Guess Who Doesn’t Want You to Know How Much Added Sugar Is in Your Food | Tim Mak | July 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow different the homeward journey from the intoxicating outward flight, in the heyday of the spring!
The Daughters of Danaus | Mona CairdIs it for this that in the heyday of youth I walked with you to the school-house down the road!
Chanticleer | Cornelius MathewsSternes period of literary activity falls in the sixties, the very heyday of British supremacy in Germany.
Laurence Sterne in Germany | Harvey Waterman ThayerOn the two occasions following he was in the very heyday of his mental strength.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe lived in the heyday of competition, when it seemed utter folly to talk about the end of competition.
The Common Sense of Socialism | John Spargo
British Dictionary definitions for heyday
/ (ˈheɪˌdeɪ) /
the time of most power, popularity, vigour, etc; prime
Origin of heyday
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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