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
  • Rose is not that famous, and her moment was some time ago.
    Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 July 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
  • Image For all its work-in-progress, sorry-for-the-inconvenience vibes, Luis Enrique’s team wrapped up its Ligue 1 title some time ago.
    Rory Smith, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • 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
  • Stewart's dealerships had used CDK Global's services but switched to another provider some time ago.
    Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 21 June 2024
  • The departure is described as amicable and happened some time ago.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
  • 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

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