How to Use already in a Sentence

already

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• I'd already left by the time you called.
• Do you have to go already?
• They've already agreed to come.
• He acted as if he didn't already know.
• Have they arrived already?! I'm still not dressed!
• Our to-watch list is already a mile long…and about to get longer.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
• If this is already a lot of stretch in your hips, stay here.
  — Cory Martin, Verywell Health, 28 July 2024
• Some of the exiting brands have already been wiped from the site.
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2023
• Their view was, look, the FBI has the main suspect in the Tylenol murders already.
  — Chicago Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• Next year's summer movie slate is already up in the air.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2023
• Justin Hohn, who had already made four 3s, launched one with a hand in his face.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
• Chase Bradley and Nick Capone have three goals each already.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Oct. 2022
• The country has already been on high alert since the start of the war in Gaza last October.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 11 Aug. 2024
• Joy and Girard already briefly met Rogers' dad, Keith, on the farm early on in the process.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 13 Apr. 2024
• The migrants can stay for up to two years but must have a sponsor already in place in the United States.
  — Andrea Rodríguez, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2023
• Six other states have already banned the practice, and forced prison labor isn’t a thing in the EU.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2024
• So, our already busy judge now has even more to read and more decisions to make.
  — Derek H. Kiernan-Johnson, The Conversation, 1 Feb. 2024
• At that point most of the railroads already had been unionized, some all the way back to the mid-19th century.
  — Chris Isidore, CNN, 2 Dec. 2022
• Rake up and dispose of this year’s leaves, even those already fallen.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
• Things that have already stood the test of time often have another 50 years left in them!
  — Kim Cook, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2024
• While the Ford Bronco Sport has already had its share of special editions, this might be the best one yet.
  — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
• The Navy chose a ship design already in use by navies in France and Italy instead of starting from scratch.
  — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2024
• Julie is already on the pill; Mark, to be extra careful, puts on a condom.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
• Lopez, 53, looked on, and already had her hat game set with a white fedora.
  — Amethyst Tate, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
• Doctors and aid workers say health care in Gaza was already at a crisis point before the start of the war.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 12 Oct. 2023
• Scheffler already is assured of a high seed at East Lake.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2023
• There’s no need to crown a champion: both films have already won big.
  — EW.com, 11 Aug. 2024
• The Bisons came into the game having already broken the school record for rushing yards in a season.
  — Erick Taylor, arkansasonline.com, 10 Dec. 2023
• When the call comes, Russell said, Huntsville is already prepared.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 7 Nov. 2022
• The Academy already had delayed the noms date once, moving it last week from Friday, January 17, to Sunday the 19th.
  — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 13 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Jan 2025