SINCE in a Sentence
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397 example sentences for SINCE, such as:
1. Forty years have passed away since they met.
2. He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
3. He's lost all track of her since they left school.
4. Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.
5. They've been good mates ever since they were at school together.
2. He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
3. He's lost all track of her since they left school.
4. Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.
5. They've been good mates ever since they were at school together.
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Meanings and Examples of SINCE
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since
prep. in intervening period between time mentioned and time under consideration; for reason that;
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 But since he had seen her lips in the lamplight he felt that they were his.
2 Zeena took the view that Mattie was bound to make the best of Starkfield since she hadn't any other place to go to; but this did not strike Ethan as conclusive.
3 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.
4 He had often thought since that it would not have happened if his mother had died in spring instead of winter.
5 And within a year of their marriage she developed the "sickliness" which had since made her notable even in a community rich in pathological instances.
6 Of late, however, since he had reasons for observing her more closely, her silence had begun to trouble him.
7 Ethan's hand dropped from the door-knob, which he had held clenched since he had drawn the door shut on Mattie.
8 It was a long time since any one had spoken to him as kindly as Mrs. Hale.
9 Although born to the ease of plantation life, waited on hand and foot since infancy, the faces of the three on the porch were neither slack nor soft.
10 They had known her for years, and, since their childhood, she had been a favorite playmate, for she could ride horses and climb trees almost as well as they.
11 The troop of cavalry had been organized three months before, the very day that Georgia seceded from the Union, and since then the recruits had been whistling for war.
12 He hadn't been in Atlanta more than twice since the house party he gave last year at Twelve Oaks.
13 But since that day two years ago when Ashley, newly home from his three years' Grand Tour in Europe, had called to pay his respects, she had loved him.
14 And the daughters of their old friends had long since married and were raising small children of their own.
15 As always since childhood, this was, for Scarlett, a moment for adoration of Ellen, rather than the Virgin.
Example Sentence: (187 in 13 pages)
1 A five-day week has found an immediate welcome and much popularity since it was officially adopted across the country.
2 I can testify to the foregoing since I was actually present when it happened.
3 I've developed a taste for African music since my trip last year to Nigeria.
4 The law has had little measurable effect since it was introduced two years ago.
5 They had a bitter quarrel about/over some money three years ago and they haven't spoken to each other since.
6 I have long since abandoned the notion that higher education is essential to either success or happiness.
7 Nationalist sentiment has increased in the area since the bombing.
8 Ever since their argument, the master has been making it hot for the young teacher.
9 Ever since he'd given her that power of attorney she'd been getting above herself.
10 Forty years have passed away since they met.
11 He's been working in a bank since leaving school.
12 They've been good mates ever since they were at school together.
13 He's lost all track of her since they left school.
14 This preference could not of course be satisfied for all members of the troop at once since baboons groom in couples.
15 Our TV receives well since we had a new antenna put on.