How to Use the past in a Sentence

the past

noun

• Over the past five days, the field has grown from six to eight.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Once again a free safety set to fill the shoes of the great Steelers of the past.
  — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
• In the past week alone, more than 800 shoppers have added the shirt to their carts.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• Even writing about him in the past tense doesn’t make sense.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Mar. 2024
• In the past month alone, more than 1,000 shoppers have added it to their carts.
  — Nicol Natale, Peoplemag, 25 Nov. 2023
• However, much of the procession looks of the present, not the past.
  — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
• The artist had received treatment for cancer in the past.
  — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 26 Nov. 2023
• In the past year, both Karol and Bunny have scored No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200.
  — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 27 Sep. 2023
• And that is in a state that has gone through a decidedly red shift in the past few years.
  — Dante Chinni, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
• But in the past year, there have been only three days in which the mercury fell further.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
• Springer has denied any plans to run for governor in the past.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• Arizona has the home field advantage, but that hasn’t helped them out for the past two games.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the past year, Hadid has moved to Texas and settled into her new home in Fort Worth.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 May 2024
• The stock, off more than 1% today, has fallen about 4% over the past six down sessions.
  — By hannah Miao, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2023
• The arguments that people use in the past is something that doesn’t work.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 23 Feb. 2024
• This will be the first time in the past four years that GM will not advertise during the Super Bowl.
  — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2024
• But over the past two years, rates have moved in the opposite direction.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 30 Mar. 2024
• Before Wednesday night's drawing, no one had matched the five white balls and red Powerball in the past 38 chances to win.
  — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 20 July 2023
• In the past, lawmakers in these circumstances would vote from the edge of the Senate floor, with one foot still in the cloakroom.
  — Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner, 18 Sep. 2023
• But of the 12 farmers, only one over the past 40 years has switched to organic farming.
  — Koba Ryckewaert, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2023
• So how come adults lately have been willing to spend so much money on toys to relive the past?
  — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 21 Oct. 2023
• Earnings per week for our drivers are up 40, 50 percent over the past four years, because that is the cost of time and the cost of labor.
  — WIRED, 1 Aug. 2023
• Forget the uncomfortable, cramped dog houses with sloped A-line roofs of the past.
  — Jessica Cherner, housebeautiful.com, 28 Apr. 2023
• The escapee has been seen other times in the past week, including once in someone’s home.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 6 Sep. 2023
• While the Trojans have won the last 10 matchups against Arizona, the Wildcats have played the Trojans close the past three years, losing by one score in each game.
  — Joe Morgan, Fox News, 7 Oct. 2023
• Protests have also roiled the nation of Georgia for the past several weeks.
  — Suzanne Nuyen, NPR, 3 May 2024
• But, in the course of the past year and a half, the Mavericks have gathered a group of young, athletic players, through the draft, free agency, and trades.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 5 May 2024
• Ten inmates in the custody of the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office have died this year, six in the past five weeks.
  — Jozsef Papp, ajc, 6 Sep. 2023
• Her $17 hourly paycheck, which inched up 80 cents in the past two years, is hardly enough to cover the basics anymore.
  — Abha Bhattarai, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
• Over the past two years, he’s scored 38 touchdowns, which are 12 more than any other player during that stretch.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024