How to Use past in a Sentence

past

1 of 4 adjective

• She was hired based on her past experience in sales.
• Here’s a complete list of past winners of the Hal David Starlight Award.
  — Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 May 2023
• In centuries past, it was seen as granting the monarch the divine right to rule.
  — David Luhnow, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
• What about the pandemic — and the world — these past few years brought Command Z out of you?
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2023
• Mason had gone to the parade in past years and knew people who were there that day.
  — Michele Cohen Marill, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
• The Colts won the earlier meeting in Houston and have won their past three home games.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Jan. 2024
• But Schmidt does think she’s had past paramours who never appeared on screen.
  — Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• Covid is increasing as the U.S. heads into fall - but so far, this uptick doesn’t look like past surges.
  — Carolyn Y. Johnson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Sep. 2023
• So grateful for what has past, so optimistic for what’s to come.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
• Susie and Hedy didn’t really solve any of their past issues.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
• Kastner hoped to create a sense of vastness and awe at the start of the song to represent journeying past stars.
  — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
• Looking at past Prime Days, thousands of items are likely to be on major sale this year.
  — Phoebe Sklansky, Health, 21 June 2023
• Based on the 488 GT3 Evo race car, with numerous styling cues inspired by past Ferraris, the one-off hints at the future of the prancing-horse brand.
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 11 July 2023
• The club intends to build a tree house park on the west side of the Tyson complex, said Greg Collier, a recent past president of the local club.
  — Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
• In past coronations, there was a segment when dukes and other nobles would to swear fealty to the new monarch.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• Disney+ is the streaming home for past seasons of The Simpsons, while Hulu has rights to the current or latest season.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2023
• The new collection pays homage to designs from a past era with a twist that feels modern and approachable.
  — Essence, 21 Feb. 2024
• This deal is available only for new Hulu customers or past users who haven't been subscribed in the past month.
  — Parker Hall, WIRED, 24 Nov. 2023
• Just ignore these past few weeks and focus on the future, where everything is bright once again.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023
• According to Smith, the number of days of the current warning nearly doubles Phoenix's past record, which was eight days.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
• Defeats in five of their past six games following a strong stretch has the Hornets going in the wrong direction once again.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 4 Mar. 2024
• With his front-row view of the race these past couple of seasons, Dunster says, he’s learned one very important lesson.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2023
• Some secondary roads remain closed from past flood damage.
  — Brooke Baitinger, Sacramento Bee, 20 Feb. 2024
• Charles said racist laws of centuries past should be viewed skeptically by the courts, but not dismissed wholesale.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
• The union has also sought to restrict AI training on past work, and has asked for a provision giving the union a veto over AI uses.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
• Color is a key logic of this show, a cruel fiction that drives a canyon between people whose fates are twinned but who can’t see past skin.
  — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• How will Black Mirror season 7 connect to past seasons?
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
• Also an improvement from past Dragster models is the feeling at the throttle twist grip.
  — Peter Jackson, Robb Report, 25 July 2023
• Lue works for a nonprofit that helps Baltimore renters navigate thorny housing issues, including evictions, and said past administrations have not paid enough attention to housing issues.
  — Emily Guskin, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2024
• Additionally, based on past experiences, introducing new products and services can be key to success during any crisis.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

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past

2 of 4 preposition

• We drove past the house.
• Turn left just past the stairs.
• He looked past me to the next customer.
• I must have walked right past her.
• The office is two blocks past the intersection.
• The grandfather is past all the BS and the kid hasn’t gotten to it yet.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• And, maybe the mom watched the son’s stunt 612 times before this guy even walked past the park!
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 25 Sep. 2023
• The win pushed her past former Duke and Army coach Mike Krzyzewski's record.
  — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
• As the clock pushed past 1:30 a.m., hope was born from helplessness.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• Gomez said that in years past doctors were required to watch patients take the pill.
  — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
• The Bulls made the playoffs those three season, but never made it past the first round.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 29 May 2023
• Then past the art cars shaped like snails and birthday cake and Flintstones cars.
  — Hazlitt, 1 Nov. 2023
• Those cuts would kick in if the current CR is extended past April 30.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• The student section is well past half full, for those concerned.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
• This is just past the turnoff for Granite Basin Recreation Area.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2023
• While players from the bench streamed past her toward the scrum, Reese turned and limped in the other direction.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
• The eclipse will end after the moon completely passes past the sun.
  — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• The judge is shown placing medals around the necks of the children one by one but then skipping past the only Black girl there.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 26 Sep. 2023
• My problem is one neighbor who loiters with her dog at the spot where the alley that runs past my house meets the street.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 21 June 2023
• Yandy Diaz smoked a two-run, bad-hop single past first baseman Michael Toglia for the go-ahead runs.
  — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 8 Apr. 2024
• Highs are expected to be near or past 70, with wind gusts around 35 mph in the afternoon through evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
• That vaulted the Razorbacks past the Ducks and into third place.
  — oregonlive, 11 June 2023
• When the bed of the truck was filled with body bags, an older driver climbed in, inched the truck past the leveled building and onto the street, and drove away.
  — Eric Nagourney, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
• His shot from the right circle snaked through traffic and past Gibson at 12:26, his fourth goal this season.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2023
• The North American gross for the Martin Scorsese film looks to edge past $41 million through 10 days.
  — Michaela Zee, Variety, 28 Oct. 2023
• The 11-foot conventional model can chuck three to eight ounces of bait and sinker out past the breakers.
  — Alberto Knie, Field & Stream, 22 June 2023
• The Celtics pushed the lead past the 50-point mark in the third quarter before Boston head coach Joe Mazzulla also turned to his bench for the rest of the game.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 4 Mar. 2024
• On the downstroke, air hits the bottom of the wing and is deflected past the bird, propelling it forward.
  — Sarah Wells, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
• There are quite a few of them located , just past Procter & Gamble on TK.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 27 May 2023
• Maya is very thankful to be past the baby gate stage of parenting but had her fair share of gates up in her home.
  — Maya Polton, Parents, 14 July 2023

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past

3 of 4 noun

• Past, present, and future are all linked together.
• The setting is an opaque time of the present and the 1970s past.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
• The voice was forged in church pews and rose from the wreckage of Tulsa’s dark past.
  — Elahe Izadi, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
• Read about the club’s storied past and the owners’ future plans here.
  — Lauryn Azu, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2023
• And then the fantasist in me later will right the wrongs, color in my past.
  — Miriam Katz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• If a buyer can overlook the building’s past, his goal may come to fruition.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 May 2023
• What is key, too, panelists agreed, is to build bridges between past and present.
  — Lise Pedersen, Variety, 21 Oct. 2023
• For a long time, Milan’s present has felt just a little unworthy of the club’s past.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 8 May 2023
• And that’s the beautiful part of this (film): the connection to our memories of our past.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 26 July 2023
• Here are 15 of the greatest biopics of the recent past, according to the Wall Street Journal’s film critics.
  — Wsj Arts In Review Staff, WSJ, 8 Aug. 2023
• Check out the water views from the hill at Gold Medal Park, which celebrates the area’s flour-producing past.
  — Katy Spratte Joyce, Travel + Leisure, 12 Nov. 2023
• The actress stars as Cassie, a woman who seeks vengeance for her traumatic past.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
• Still, even with so much ground covered, Eugene’s past is never more than a glimpse away.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
• Ethan also encounters a figure from his past—six movies in the past, to be precise.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
• Strained hymns sung by the patients felt like frayed tethers to their respective pasts.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
• Read on for a list of must-visit new spots, all of which nod toward Beantown’s storied past.
  — Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2023
• Just one of the countless stories that make up this rich tapestry of our nation's past.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 9 Nov. 2023
• Take part in something that will broaden your awareness or bring you in touch with someone from your past.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2024
• This teacher of ancient history must come to terms with his own past.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Oct. 2023
• Chia’s bit had centered on the uneasy past between Singapore and Malaysia, which were once part of the same country.
  — Chris Lau, CNN, 11 June 2023
• But his fellow passengers on May 1 would have had no knowledge of his past.
  — Nate Schweber, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• Attention has also turned to the container ship Dali and its past.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
• Despite that complicated past, gay pride flourished in parts of the state.
  — Lori Rozsa, Washington Post, 10 June 2023
• As polling data have shown for many years, the main source of popular pride in the state today is the country’s glorious past.
  — Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Dec. 2023
• Britney Spears delves into her past in her upcoming book, The Woman in Me.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2023
• The hotel's interior decor, from the lobby to the hallways, are also packed with nods to the country's past, and its rooftop boasts a 360-degree view of the city.
  — Christine Burroni, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2024
• Ludacris has been a huge source of support for his wife in both opening up about her past and starting the foundation.
  — Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
• Each room has its own unique flare thanks to a mix of modern and antique decor, while its oak floors and 100-year-old brick walls remind you of its storied past.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
• The intriguing interiors here pay homage to the building’s past, as well as wider local history and tales of times past.
  — Anya Meyerowitz, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Apr. 2024
• Most recently, Robbie brought outfits from the iconic doll's past to life on the red carpet during her Barbie press tour.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 9 Apr. 2024

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past

4 of 4 adverb

• Several weeks went past before we heard from her.
• When a wave moves past, the ducks will bob up and down.
  — Steve Nadis, Discover Magazine, 20 Apr. 2023
• Or archive pieces from decades past, the deepest of deep cuts?
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• And then all of a sudden, one of the takes, a flock of geese fly past and reflect off the windowpane.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 12 June 2023
• Good point, but also worth pointing out that the idea has roots in their awards show past.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Mar. 2023
• When Landers drove past, deputies fired to try to shoot out the tires and stop his truck, the sheriff’s office said.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• Before long, nostalgic math whizzes of decades past came across the site.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• There’s a jailer standing watch as a line of inmates files past.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 24 June 2023
• As in years past, Griffin will also be a part of the lineup with his band Better Than Ezra.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2024
• Then setup in a good travel corridor or pinch point and wait for a buck to cruise past.
  — Dave Hurteau, Field & Stream, 3 Apr. 2023
• This pair of eagles have raised several chicks in years past.
  — Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 13 Sep. 2023
• In years past, though, some of the Tide’s biggest gets have been after spring practices conclude.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 15 Apr. 2023
• The shows seemed more subdued than in years past, and offered few celebrity scores for paparazzi.
  — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
• Like seasons past, each episode of Black Mirror features a whole new cast.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 June 2023
• On March 1st, crowds lined a street in Moscow as the hearse carrying Navalny’s body drove past.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2024
• The offensive line is also doing this more than in years past.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• The parade ended with Princess Kate receiving a royal salute as the troops marched past.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 Mar. 2023
• Two men drove past on motorcycles and flipped off the activists.
  — Jason Kyle Howard, The New Republic, 25 June 2023
• Other dates are still to be announced — and could look very different this year than in years past.
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• But on a historic night at Dodger Stadium, the first with a pitch clock in a game that mattered, the lights were the most jarring change from years past.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2023
• Speaking of which, one of the highlights is a stunning grand entrance hallway that harks back to The OWO’s storied past.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• And as in years past, this year's tournament brought out some A-list fans who cheered, clapped and supported from their seats.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
• The lights are dim, a few couples meander past, and a group of kids on a field trip is being shepherded around.
  — Samantha Laine Perfas, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 July 2023
• The shooting happened as a pickup with six people in the bed drove past, headed south on Denby.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Oct. 2023
• Two hours later, a Greek coast guard helicopter flew past.
  — Karam Shoumali, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• In years past, the promotion offered a flat 50 percent off on all tickets.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2024
• The stadium stands, unlike in years past, didn’t empty.
  — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2023
• For that first post-Covid season, around 6,000 people applied for the jobs—more than twice the number of applicants than in years past.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2024
• As the glaciers of the north expanded and melted in eons past, the Florida peninsula emerged and submerged.
  — Chuck Lehmann, Sun Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2023
• Just about every fan-favorite side character from years past makes an appearance to help pass judgment on the four.
  — Avi Selk, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

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