How to Use ever in a Sentence

ever

adverb
  • The crime rate is higher now than it has ever been.
  • That was the worst movie I ever saw.
  • Have you ever been to France?
  • Has this ever been done before?
  • She's doing fine and is as pretty as ever.
  • The deadline draws ever closer.
  • No one has ever seen a better example of woodwork.
  • Did it ever occur to you that I might like more myself?
  • He's forgotten all he's ever learned about history.
  • Technology in recent years has become ever more sophisticated.
  • Just fell off the bike and wouldn’t ever be able to get back on?
    Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
  • No man of the theatre has ever been more of the theatre, to the last row.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 12 July 2022
  • The tone of her voice — there won’t ever be a replica of it.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2022
  • That was the most hurtful thing a friend has ever done to me.
    Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Could there have ever been a greater one in the history of the Bowl?
    Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2022
  • This is believed to be the last time she was ever seen alive.
    Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 8 June 2022
  • Like the scent of decay, the question of what should be done with that space has hung in the air ever since.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The pup was already trained not to ever get more than 30 feet from me.
    John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Sep. 2022
  • Trump is the first President to ever pose for a mug shot.
    Brian Bennett, Time, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Coaches are playing the odds and pulling the goalie more than ever.
    Matt Porter, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Aimee and David were my dream casting from the get-go and who ever gets their dream cast?
    K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 Dec. 2023
  • And, my thoughts go out to anyone who, like me, has ever been the victim of any kind of abuse.
    Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But never, ever was a Black boy paired with a white girl.
    David Remnick, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2022
  • Of course, no two paths to parenthood are ever the same.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Madonna has rarely ever been one to shy away from the latter.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The bigger question is whether there ever is a good time for a World Cup in Qatar?
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Few, if any, have ever been through a coaching change in the middle of the season.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The myth in England is that if the ravens living at the tower should ever leave, the kingdom will fall.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • That was the last text message that Christy or Hilda ever sent.
    Jonathan Vigliotti, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Then there’s his and the Youngbloods’ other legacy — releasing some of the weirdest stuff ever rolled out by a major label in the history of music.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2025

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