PREVIOUS in a Sentence
Learn PREVIOUS from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
292 example sentences for PREVIOUS, such as:
1. The car has only had one previous owner.
2. So much the previous evening had told her.
3. This house doesn't compare with our previous one.
4. The author mentioned it in the previous paragraph.
5. I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.
2. So much the previous evening had told her.
3. This house doesn't compare with our previous one.
4. The author mentioned it in the previous paragraph.
5. I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.
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Meanings and Examples of PREVIOUS
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previous
a. too soon or too hasty
a. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 There was really, even now, no tangible evidence to the contrary; but since the previous night a vague dread had hung on his sky-line.
2 Ethan therefore proposed to his assistant that they should load the sledge at the wood-lot, as they had done on the previous morning, and put off the "teaming" to Starkfield till later in the day.
3 When he re-entered the kitchen the lamp lit up the same scene of shining comfort as on the previous evening.
4 Until the previous summer, Stuart had courted India Wilkes with the approbation of both families and the entire County.
5 Scarlett was full of plans these days and each one of them seemed worse to Frank than the previous one.
6 But all the previous criticism of her conduct was as nothing compared with the buzz of gossip that now went through the town.
7 The previous year she had made a dazzling debut fringed by a heavy thunder-cloud of bills.
8 Today, however, it renewed the sense of servitude which the previous night's review of her cheque-book had produced.
9 So much the previous evening had told her.
10 Moreover, by some obscure process of logic, she felt that her momentary burst of generosity had justified all previous extravagances, and excused any in which she might subsequently indulge.
11 She was dining with Mrs. Fisher, who had gathered at an informal feast a few of the performers of the previous evening.
12 It was a relief to her that Gerty was obliged to hasten away: the two kissed silently, but without a trace of the previous night's emotion.
13 She had never learned to live with her own thoughts, and to be confronted with them through such hours of lucid misery made the confused wretchedness of her previous vigil seem easily bearable.
14 The morning was in harsh contrast to the previous day.
15 Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that noble mole is washed by waves, and cooled by breezes, which a few hours previous were out of sight of land.
Example Sentence: (82 in 6 pages)
1 His previous fusions of jazz, pop and African melodies have proved highly successful.
2 The advertising agency secured the contract on the back of their previous successful campaigns.
3 The change in the law makes the previous agreement null and void.
4 I think I may have been an animal in a previous life.
5 Mrs Spratt regrets that she is unable to attend owing to a previous engagement.
6 I was unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
7 I am unable to attend because of a previous engagement.
8 The author mentioned it in the previous paragraph.
9 The car has only had one previous owner.
10 This house doesn't compare with our previous one.
11 The Financial Times says the move represents a complete reversal of previous US policy.
12 America's current economic downturn is markedly different from previous recessions.
13 The jury must take into account any mitigating circumstances presented by the defense, such as previous good character.
14 Liberal Democrat Peter Bergg could pick up a significant number of protest votes which will boost his party's previous showing.
15 Comparison with his previous movies shows how Lee has developed as a director.