Sentence examples for heyday big from inspiring English sources

In its heyday, Big Brother provided Heat with a succession of stars, none bigger than Jade Goody, with whom Cave collaborated as the ghost writer of her autobiography (she also wrote short-lived boyband Busted's 2004 "unofficial annual").

In their heyday, the big firms dominated their markets.

For one thing, it was a critical and financial success despite being formed in 1968, long after the heyday of big bands had ended.

That was during the heyday of big band swing and the reign of Benny Goodman, the legendary clarinetist known as the "King of Swing". And, while the instrument's reputation has since dimmed, its champions know the truth.

Such upstarts are one reason Western governments are losing their voices in the places where they most want to be heard.The cold war was the state-backed broadcasters' heyday, with big budgets for propaganda wars about the virtues and vices of capitalism and communism.

As a result, contemporary Potosí, whose capital city of the same name was in its heyday as big and wealthy as London, remains the poorest of the nine provinces of Bolivia, which in turn is the poorest country in all of South America.

During the heyday of big-screen demonic horror, from the mid-60s to the mid-80s, this wasn't much of a problem.

His life in San Francisco is a far cry from his heyday in the Big 12.

After emerging from the heyday of the big bands as one of its most admired instrumentalists, he went on to become a successful session player, at home in every musical genre.

Mr. Kelly's highly developed sense of the possibilities of dance on film invigorated classic musicals like "Anchors Aweigh," "On the Town," "An American in Paris" and "Singin' in the Rain". A gifted dancer with his own vibrant style, he also flourished as an innovative choreographer and director in the 1940's and 50's, the heyday of the big, splashy Hollywood musical.

In their heyday, typewriters were big and bold devices, dominating the desk space like the bulkiest of PCs.