How to Use some time ago in a Sentence

some time ago

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• But the idea is that the sun burnt itself out some time ago and no longer exists.
  — Justin E. H. Smith, Harper's Magazine, 21 Aug. 2022
• But the idea is that the sun burnt itself out some time ago and no longer exists.
  — Lauren Markham, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022
• Friends of mine put their two children on the title of their house some time ago.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2024
• If that was some time ago, your home Wi-Fi could be due an upgrade to the latest standard.
  — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• Adolf Loos put these questions to his readers some time ago — in 1898, to be exact.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• Some shows scheduled for early in 2022 were postponed some time ago.
  — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 30 Dec. 2021
• Mediators among those close to both brothers have tried in the past to find a way through the estrangement, but that was some time ago.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
• My sister got married some time ago, and shot glasses were the wedding favors.
  — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 5 Jan. 2024
• At dinner, Gloria tells part of the story of the farm, how John Valentine negotiated the deed to the land with white folks some time ago.
  — Steffan Triplett, Vulture, 17 May 2021
• Just as Packers fans had to embrace Rodgers, Favre had to realize some time ago his franchise records would be erased.
  — Ryan Wood, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2021
• In any event, a tweeter pointed out to me that Bono arrived at his view of capitalism some time ago.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Oct. 2022
• Rivera's fate seemed to have been sealed some time ago, but Washington ended the season on a league-worst eight-game losing streak to finish at 4-13.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
• Dear Miss Manners: My sister got married some time ago, and shot glasses were the wedding favors.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
• That long-running deal had been discontinued some time ago.
  — Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 12 Aug. 2020
• The impact shouldn’t be massive, though, because a Republican win might already have been priced in some time ago.
  — David Wainer, WSJ, 7 Nov. 2022
• The predominance of fine western art and Navaho rugs underlines the fact that Caan went cowboy some time ago.
  — Jean Vallely, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2022
• Strange things keep happening, from plagues to fires to murders, and the community places all blame on the tiny shoulders of the bug-eyed boy who, some time ago, trampled his mother to death on horseback.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 13 Oct. 2023
• The existing toilet was designed some time ago when there were few, if any, female astronauts staying on the space station.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 5 Oct. 2020
• Having transitioned to commercial operations some time ago, Gatik is in a league of its own.
  — Richard Bishop, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Cuban doctor killed in Ecatepec apparently arrived in Mexico some time ago and was not part of the current hiring program.
  — Fox News, 16 Aug. 2022
• The show landed at Apple some time ago and has been in the process of meeting and hiring its co-writers in recent months as sources note the development process has been excruciatingly slow.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 May 2022
• Louis Maldonado along with his wife, Annmarie, were the restaurant's original chef partners and parted ways some time ago.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Feb. 2024
• Water leaks were being caught by buckets, and plastic that had been placed over equipment some time ago had deteriorated, the commission said.
  — Justin George, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022
• In New York, most museums and galleries reopened some time ago, but with the zing of spring now in the air—and more vaccines being administered all the time—setting a date to go out and (safely) see some art feels especially apropos.
  — Marley Marius, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2021
• Variety reported that both productions were aware that these would be their final seasons some time ago, so both will have definitive endings.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
• Abbas Ibrahim, chief of Lebanese General Security, said it might have been caused by highly explosive material that was confiscated from a ship some time ago and stored at the port.
  — Andrew O'Reilly | Fox News, Fox News, 6 Aug. 2020
• Pico’s Winter Garden venue expanded its menu some time ago, offering appetizers, entrees and specials along with the empanadas.
  — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 2 Dec. 2021
• The double resignation was the start of a twenty-four-hour putsch in which more than three dozen ministers and aides deserted Johnson—his moral authority had evaporated some time ago—and left the nation with gaping holes in its government.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 6 July 2022
• According to an individual with knowledge of the situation, both productions were aware that these would be their final seasons some time ago and thus both will have definitive endings.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 25 Jan. 2023
• Firefox and Safari had already deprecated third-party cookies some time ago, without much digital ad industry folderol and no industry input.
  — David Doty, Forbes, 25 May 2021

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024