How to Use for (quite) some time in a Sentence

for (quite) some time

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• That hasn’t been the case with these two teams for some time.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2024
• But the home run record is sure to be his for some time.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 20 June 2024
• In the stands the crowd, which had been on its feet for some time, stayed there.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2023
• He became buried in the sand and couldn't be pulled from the hole for some time.
  — Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2023
• Plus, projects that have been in the works for some time may be ready for a reveal.
  — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 21 June 2024
• Kelce’s style, for some time now, has been pretty loud and fun.
  — Nick Remsen, Vogue, 26 Sep. 2023
• There’s been talk for some time now of some of the challenges of the middle market.
  — Joelle Diderich, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
• It’s been for some time, since the beginning of the Benin empire.
  — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 June 2024
• Studio takeovers have been the talk of the town in Hollywood for some time.
  — Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2023
• One of my friends has been a member of a couple of these groups for some time.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 12 May 2023
• There has been, for some time, high interest around both of the films.
  — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 20 July 2023
• It’s been clear for some time now that these treatments are on the cusp of approval.
  — Jayasree K. Iyer, STAT, 12 July 2023
• Robert Irwin traded in a day at the zoo for some time on the catwalk!
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• If the past is any guide, those masks are likely to remain in place for some time.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• The man found by the buoys was from Mexico and is believed to have been dead for some time.
  — Armando Garcia, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2023
• State police said the Exit 92 off-ramp was closed for some time because of the crash.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 16 Jan. 2024
• But that’s something Congress has been well aware of for some time.
  — Bryan Mena, CNN, 8 Mar. 2024
• The true cost in lives and economic losses won’t be clear for some time.
  — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• And traders expect the central bank to hold rates at high levels for some time.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 10 July 2023
• Proposing to Zooey Deschanel has been on Jonathan Scott's mind for quite some time.
  — Sam Burros, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• It's been a gradual process, and some of them have been working for some time.
  — Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 12 June 2024
• Gia Peppers has been putting in work in the journalism field for quite some time.
  — Okla Jones, Essence, 20 Sep. 2023
• Just ask Paul and Susie Sensmeier, who've already used it for some time now.
  — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2023
• The high tax state moniker has clung to California for some time.
  — David Lightman, Sacramento Bee, 24 Apr. 2024
• The writing has been on the wall for Funimation for quite some time.
  — Emma Roth, The Verge, 8 Feb. 2024
• That has been the franchise’s undoing for quite some time.
  — Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 2024
• The teenager has been living with such threats for some time now but there is no getting used to it.
  — Farai Mutsaka, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Aug. 2024
• Plants that have been in a pot for some time may have filled it with roots, leaving less room for soil to hold water.
  — Nancy Brachey, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
• But the conscription process had been broken for some time.
  — Juan Quiroz, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024
• Kramer has been restructuring the Academy for some time now.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024