How to Use then and there in a Sentence

then and there

adverb

• The three men made a pact then and there to give a second round a try.
  — SPIN, 3 Mar. 2022
• Right then and there, Howie declared to the world that Courtney was the one to beat.
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 14 Jan. 2019
• Right then and there, men at the party took off their ties and gave them to her.
  — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 22 Aug. 2019
• There wasn’t much money then and there isn’t much more now.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2023
• And when things go awry, Ellie simply stabs them in the neck then and there.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
• The bull stopped beneath him, reared itself up, and gored him then and there.
  — Toby Muse, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2024
• There was no cure back then and there still is no cure today.
  — Andrea Kane, CNN, 20 Aug. 2022
• The Aces held a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five series and could have wrapped up the championship right then and there.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2022
• Heimdall could have saved Loki with the Bifrost right then and there.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 June 2021
• That dog, that dog will stop anything right then and there [makes dog sound].
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 1 Nov. 2017
• The first lady put it around Limbaugh's neck right then and there.
  — Author: Aaron Blake, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Feb. 2020
• Again, would the suspect have died then and there from his heart problems?
  — Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
• Right then and there, Amanda walked through the door, startling the two women.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• Wouldn’t a savvy leader like Negan just end a traitor then and there?
  — Nick Statt, The Verge, 9 Apr. 2018
• The Bobcats drove for a touchdown, and the momentum of the game shifted away from the Jaguars then and there.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 10 Oct. 2021
• Half the squirrels got their next nut right then and there, while the others were lured back to the starting point.
  — Veronique Greenwood, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2017
• The season was on the line for the Sun entering Game 3, as the Aces were up 2-0 and had the chance to win the title right then and there.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2022
• Instead, the ever-blunt Jobs asked him to state his business, right then and there, over the phone.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 20 Oct. 2019
• However, the Taino didn’t cease to exist then and there.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 21 June 2023
• Officials told me that Trump approved the plan then and there.
  — Fred Kaplan, Slate Magazine, 2 Feb. 2017
• Davis came back into the game right then and there to help restore order.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• This time was more like thinking of an idea on the spot and hitting record and getting it right then and there.
  — Gary Graff, cleveland, 11 Jan. 2022
• Right then and there were the red flags that this guy has serious problems.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2022
• That's probably bringing a bit of dread on right then and there.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2022
• Unlike years past, only the finals will be played then and there.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2021
• Larry Vanover would have been within his right - right then and there - to throw out Kela from the ballgame.
  — Dave Clark, Cincinnati.com, 31 July 2019
• That day, right then and there in the city of New York, that’s how the idea of being the greatest taquero of all time popped into my head.
  — Laurie Ochoa, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Openly and frankly discuss all of your issues, and make a plan right then and there to resolve them.
  — Vogue, 14 Dec. 2018
• If both teams score a touchdown, the game then reverts to the old sudden-death model for the third possession, meaning a field goal would win it then and there.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Book Penelope finally conjures up some backbone and tells him off right then and there.
  — Kari Sonde, TIME, 16 May 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024