How to Use the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening in a Sentence
the other day/night/morning/afternoon/evening
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Just saw it the other day, for the first time in years, out of the clear blue.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2024
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Queen got one song the other day, with all the words as lyrics to that song.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 1 Dec. 2024
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A lot of people were just learning about him for the first time the other day.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2023
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How’d that secret power work for the Knicks in Game 7 the other day!?
—Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 23 May 2024
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So we’ve been favored, I was told the other day, like four or five times all year.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 28 Mar. 2024
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One co-worker brought in lunch the other day in a paper bag.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
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Joe Biden tried to tell off a journalist the other day.
—Rich Lowry, National Review, 16 June 2024
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Lincoln Riley called me the other day and just wanted to talk to me, check in.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024
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Fourth-line force Lauko lamented the other day how the Wild’s forecheck wasn’t doing well.
—Joe Smith, The Athletic, 30 Jan. 2025
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The guys are excited about this game coming off of a tough game the other night.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 5 Jan. 2025
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And Jordan [Chiles] had rhinestones on her eyes the other day.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 17 Oct. 2024
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The article that came out the other day on the subject was from the hoax-busting site Snopes.
—Philip Bump, Washington Post, 28 June 2024
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There was a video the other day of someone had sent me of someone claiming to be Teri.
—Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
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There’d been no reason to get so angry with him for shooting the bird the other day.
—Martin Aitken, Harper's Magazine, 16 Aug. 2023
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But, no, that's just something that happened the other day.
—Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Feb. 2023
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Little Italy neighbors got the news the other night and approved.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 24 Nov. 2024
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Kylie had her little boy, it was announced the other day.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
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Hanging a frame in my apartment the other day, a crooked placement gave me pause.
—Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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That was our question the other day about Maddy Siegrist.
—Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2023
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And believe me, front and center is what happened the other day.
—Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 2 Apr. 2024
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Dontrelle Willis told me that the other day, not by raising his voice, but by looking me straight in the eye.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2023
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Next … the segment of Dodger fans who can’t resist piling on Dave Roberts was at it again the other day.
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
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Her old fence is falling, and the other day a possum entered her yard.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 30 Aug. 2023
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This issue came up in the car the other day when my wife Patti and I were driving to someone’s house.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
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But just the other evening my wife and I were sitting in our living room with friends when there was a tremendous roar.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
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Of the seven appetizers the other night, the least glamorous turned out to be the most winning.
—Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2023
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Head coach Tom Thibodeau said the other day that Robinson hasn’t even been cleared for sprinting as of yet.
—James L. Edwards Iii, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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From winning super bowls with Sir Bink @khalennotkaylen to having fun bringing Tay back to life on the stage with you the other night….
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
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Some people were chortling over something a Fox reporter did the other day.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 8 Dec. 2023
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Just the other day, someone was lamenting the lack of cool-looking concepts.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2024
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