Sentence examples for ago forgotten from inspiring English sources

The phrase "ago forgotten" is not correct and does not work in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey something that was forgotten a long time ago, but the construction is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The memories of that event are now long ago forgotten."
Alternatives: "long since forgotten" or "forgotten long ago".

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"Buried in an unmarked grave, long ago forgotten and overgrown.

So, you know, I had long ago forgotten to think about this".

He'd long ago forgotten whatever it was he was meant to feel.

He had long ago forgotten his own birthday, had not even bothered to ask someone in prison records to look it up.

I have long ago forgotten his name, but the place was N.Y. and the man had long legs and danced just right.

I have long ago forgotten his name, but the place was New York & the man had long legs & danced just right (for that period).

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I never visited the space and long ago forgot what was there.

She said she long ago forgot about having entered the contest.

Viewers still remember the documentary's lush, stirring score by Richard Rodgers, even if they long ago forgot the stentorian narration.

Price, hired away from Washington State just five months ago, forgot who he was and where he was, people here said.

Why do we want to look back at what at worst were foolish mistakes long ago, forgetting about the hard-working lives lived ever since?

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