How to use "gone" in a sentence

The mosquitoes have gone

Elliot, another friend of his, was moving into the house after Leona had gone

When we cleaned our faces and our eyes, the squid was gone, taking the man with it.

When I got back to the flat, Jenny was gone, and there was a letter waiting for me

Values have shrunk to fantastic levels; taxes have risen; our ability to pay has fallen; government of all kinds is faced by serious curtailment of income; the means of exchange are frozen in the currents of trade; the withered leaves of industrial enterprise lie on every side; farmers find no markets for their produce; and the savings of many years in thousands of families are gone

He was surprised that his niece had gone

'My hair will grow again,' she thought, 'but teeth would be gone forever.' But then she thought about her daughter, and her own appearance suddenly seemed unimportant

When he had gone, the judge immediately allowed Champmathieu to leave the court a free man

'Where has he gone?'

But he was too late; their carriage had already gone

'Has the concierge gone out?'

He turned to speak to another policeman but, when he looked back, he saw that the prisoner had gone

They had only gone a few steps when Eponine stopped and said, 'You remember you promised me something?'

Valjean had gone away on business for a couple of days, and Cosette was in the downstairs sitting room, playing the piano.

The proud young man had closed the door and gone.

Now she was gone, he told himself, he had no future

I hurried to see you, but you had gone

He had only gone a few steps, however, when he turned and looked at Valjean

One evening in April, he called at the usual time but was told that Cosette had gone out with her husband

It's gone

And the sun is almost gone

Sylvia and the boat are gone, and the half-light is complete darkness now

But the sun is gone now, and darkness is all around him

Sally was gone

"Has everyone gone crazy?"

She had lost sight of the woman - where had she gone? She tried to message Cham, but nothing happened

Now, that feeling had gone

And he was gone.

The group had gone.

It was good to know that they could do something to test Eston's letter; but even so, it wouldn't tell them where Wena and Oban's group had gone

What would I be today if I had not gone to Monte Carlo with Mrs Van Hopper? I would have lived another life

My job was to talk to them, light their cigarettes and tidy the room after they had gone.

After the waiter had gone, I put the note in my pocket

'We ought to have gone on the earlier train.' She looked at her watch

In Italy we had walked about in the evenings, or gone for a drive

Then we saw that Jasper had gone

'Has he gone back to the Happy Valley?' I asked.

'He's gone over this way.' I began to climb up the wet rocks.

She's gone in the sea

When the servants had gone, I looked at Maxim's face

I had gone down into the bay

I sat in the library after my visitor had gone

When I looked back, Ben had gone

Mrs Danvers had gone

When I came in, I heard she had gone down to the bay

I saw at once that the boat had gone.'

After Clarice had gone, someone knocked at the door

Maxim had gone with Frank to stand in the drive

'I'll tell Maxim you've gone up to bed, shall I?'

The flowers had gone

'Where do you think he's gone?' I asked

'Mr de Winter's gone down to the bay

Then for the first time I realized that Maxim had not gone away

The fog had almost gone now

He must have gone out with Maxim

When I woke up in the morning, Maxim had already gone out

When they had gone, he came back to me on the terrace.

I knew why Rebecca had gone to a doctor

By a quarter to seven, she had gone.'

I was glad that Mrs Danvers had gone

The gardens had gone and the dark woods came up to the walls of the house.

She had loved Danny with all her heart, but he was gone

She was positive that nothing had been written on the board when Danny had gone away on that scouting trip

By ten-thirty most of the audience had left and those who hadn't gone yet were in line, moving up the steps toward the rear doors of the showroom

You could have gone camping with him

"Who could you possibly have been seeing? They've all gone home

You see, I've convinced my conscious mind that my boy is dead, but when I'm asleep it's my subconscious mind that's in charge; and my subconscious just isn't convinced that Danny's gone."

Do you really think you're so far gone that you could do something like that and not remember it? Do you think you've got multiple personalities and one doesn't know what the others are up to?"

"Danny is gone."

"Danny's gone."

That's why I'm having such a hard time accepting that he's gone

She was gone two months after they diagnosed it."

When at last she drove away, he watched her car until it turned the corner and disappeared, and when she was gone, he knew why he had not wanted to let her go

The garage had gone up first, the big door ripping from its hinges and splintering into the driveway, the roof dissolving in a confetti-shower of shake shingles and flaming debris

If they hadn't seen their kids' bodies, they might have just gone through a year of doubt like you did, might be easily persuaded to join us in a call for the reopening of all the graves

A group had gone down a while ago and would be returning for their last stand at the tables before a whole new staff came on duty with the shift change

She would have gone straight to the police, the newspapers - or both.

Instead, she had gone to Elliot Stryker.

Although two of the hits he had ordered had gone totally awry, Alexander remained self-assured; he was convinced that he would eventually triumph.

Good God, they've actually gone on the offensive!"

And a chunk of his throat was gone

When they had gone two blocks, he said, "Turn right at the next corner." After two more turns and another three blocks, he said, "Pull it to the curb

Although Reno didn't jump all night with quite the same energy as Las Vegas, and although many tourists had gone to bed, the casino at Harrah's was still relatively busy

"We've gone almost five miles since we left the county road," Elliot said.

Twilight was gone; night was in command.

"They've gone into the mountains

Something's gone wrong

Tina had the sickening feeling that someone had been about to step out, had sensed their presence, and had gone away to get help.

Either he had gone mad, or else he had a reason for letting his wife kill him in such a strange and terrible way.

I had wondered where it had gone lately

Andre, poor Andre, had gone long ago, it seemed

'Awful old woman,' said Griselda, when the ladies had gone

Griselda had gone to London by the cheap Thursday train

When he had gone, I tried to write my sermon, but at half past five, the telephone rang

I rang up Old Hall, but I was informed that Colonel Protheroe had just gone out

We thought that Inspector Slack would come and ask me what it was I had wanted to tell him, so we were surprised when Mary told us that he had gone

'Dennis', said Griselda, 'is very excited about a footprint he found, and has gone to tell the police about it.'

Haydock's face had gone suddenly grey

Immediately after they had left, Mr Clement rang up and I told him that they had gone out.'

If I had, I would have gone in to see what had happened.'

She's gone down to the police station.'

As we left, Melchett said, 'If she's gone to confess to the murder, too, I really shall go mad.'

When he had gone, Mrs Lestrange also got up and held out her hand to me

She had gone to the vicarage at about a quarter past six and thought that the study was empty

He had, following Miss Marple's advice, gone up to Old Hall and talked to the servant, Rose.

'He's just gone to London,' I said

But perhaps Dr Stone or Miss Cram had gone that way?

When he had gone, I said, 'Well, that's one mystery solved

I had gone to the front door with him, and on the hall table, I saw four notes

She'd gone to meet someone.'

Otherwise, she would not have gone down to the studio to meet Mr Redding

I really think that for a moment we thought she had gone mad

'Mrs Protheroe and her husband had just gone into the village

Tell her I've gone to play tennis

'Griselda', I said, 'has gone to play tennis.'

I think they understood that nothing could be done for the moment, and had gone away to have breakfast at Henderson's house

If I had really understood the meaning of all the things I had seen, I would have gone back to join my wife in Leatherhead immediately

The towers of the Oriental College and the trees around it had gone

If I had been alone, I think I would have taken my chance and gone straight across country

They had gone back to their cylinders again, in the circle around Woking

London, which had gone to bed on Sunday night not knowing much and caring even less, was woken in the early hours of Monday morning to a real sense of danger.

The cylinder had gone right through it and made a large hole in the ground, much larger than the pit I had looked into in Woking

Instead of staying close and trying to move me away from the pit, the curate had gone back into the hall

The rest of the time he just talked to himself, and I began to realize that he had gone completely mad.

Had it gone?

All the machinery had gone

'They've gone away across London,' he said

Perhaps it was the last to die, and its voice had gone on and on until its machinery stopped

There were the remains of the meat and the bread, now gone bad, where the soldier and I had left them

When we passed Hampton Court Palace, Harris asked, 'Have you ever visited the maze here?' He said he had gone into the maze once to show a friend

'Oh, look,' they say, 'the boat's gone to the middle of the river!'

Six eggs had gone into the pan

When we turned back, Harris and the meat pie were gone! Disappeared!

'Has he gone up to heaven?' I asked.

Then she was gone

After they had gone a mile or so from the house, the man started a conversation.

'Thank you!' she said, then the carriage drove off, and the woman in white was gone.

After he had gone, Laura gave me a book of drawings that Mr Hartright had given her

Our dear friend Walter has gone to Central America

I recommended Walter, and now he has gone.

They are married! My dear sister has gone! I am crying so much I cannot write anymore.

That honest, open look has gone

When she was gone, I said, 'Oh, Laura! You shouldn't have called the Count a spy!'

The only way to make her go to Cumberland was to tell her that her sister had already gone

Mrs Michelson told me that Laura had gone to London, where she'd become ill and died! This terrible news made me ill again, and I was unable to leave that house for another three weeks

He told me that Count Fosco had accompanied the body from London and had gone to the funeral (which my uncle himself had been too ill to go to)

At the inquest the next day, the parish clerk said that the key to the vestry had gone missing just before the fire

When Laura had gone to bed, I asked Marian, 'What's the real reason?'

The Count burnt the letter, and, half an hour later, he and the Countess were gone.

I said that Lady Glyde had gone to London and wanted Anne to go there too to meet her