How to Use not long ago in a Sentence

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• One evening not long ago, the neon sign at the Hotel Clark clicked on.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• There was a time not long ago when that was the whole point of building these things.
  — Vijith Assar, WIRED, 20 Dec. 2022
• Juxtaposed against where the Chiefs and the old San Diego Chargers stood not long ago?
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2024
• One morning not long ago, Wang came across a bag full of fish abandoned by the side of the water.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 19 July 2023
• Until not long ago, it was thought of as clothes for poor people.
  — Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• And, in the case of Sydney’s CBD, that would have been an apt description not long ago.
  — Adam H. Graham, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2023
• His wife suggested not long ago that they should get rid of them, maybe sell them on eBay.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2023
• That’s miles away from the dark predictions issued not long ago.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 5 June 2023
• There was a time not long ago when, for most around the world, tearing up the dance floor was but a distant memory.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2022
• There was a time, not long ago, when Pugh did, at least to outside observers, seem to have the pieces together.
  — Chloe Schama, Vogue, 12 Jan. 2023
• The walkaround, or WA for short, debuted at Cannes in August and the second unit was launched not long ago.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2022
• Here, you’re reminded of how the city’s story shattered not long ago.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 29 May 2023
• But the Lake Travis product was a high-profile recruit himself not long ago.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Aug. 2022
• One winter day not long ago, a reporter from the Sacramento Bee called.
  — Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 10 Dec. 2022
• And not long ago, that big, immovable paperweight was ready to lift off.
  — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Missing three starters forced them to promote three players who were part of their second unit not long ago.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Jan. 2024
• Quite a ride for a guy who not long ago was working on a natural gas pipeline in West Virginia.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• There was a time not long ago when Margot Robbie was synonymous with Chanel.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
• There was a time, not long ago, at the height of the #MeToo era that followed, when each morning brought with it a new, shocking allegation.
  — Annie Berke, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
• Jelly, an avid golfer, tried to buy a house in a community with its own course not long ago and was rejected.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 June 2023
• Jelly, an avid golfer, tried to buy a house in a community with its own course not long ago and was rejected.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 June 2023
• The business started documenting the bus rides not long ago and found that animal lovers couldn't get enough.
  — Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• Such an increase was seen as unusually large not long ago.
  — Isabella Simonetti, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
• There was a time, not long ago, when a rhetorical slip could sink a presidential campaign.
  — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2023
• And not long ago we were introduced to one of the most versatile at-home devices to hit medicine cabinets: the Therabody TheraFace Pro.
  — Taylore Glynn, Allure, 20 Dec. 2022
• The band is led by Connecticut singer/songwriter Nathaniel Hintz, who’s getting adept at this whole tribute thing, having done one to Elvis not long ago.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 4 Feb. 2023
• And all were sewn by a team of studio hands who, not long ago, would have had a difficult time finding jobs in the luxury fashion industry.
  — Dana Thomas, New York Times, 4 July 2023
• The Northern long-eared bat landed on the federal endangered species list not long ago, with more bat species expected to reach this status soon.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 8 Jan. 2024
• It’s been a difficult year for many stocks that not long ago were considered pandemic winners.
  — Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022
• On an afternoon not long ago, little boys scrabble atop a stone ledge bordering the sidewalk that has kept the world away during the home’s long, sordid decline.
  — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 7 June 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024