[
UK
/sˈʌmtaɪm/
]
[ US /ˈsəmˌtaɪm/ ]
[ US /ˈsəmˌtaɪm/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
belonging to some prior time
the once capital of the state
her quondam lover
our former glory
erstwhile friend
ADVERB
-
at some indefinite or unstated time
everything has to end sometime
It was to be printed sometime later
let's get together sometime
How To Use sometime In A Sentence
- It's good to have a cry sometimes.
- He specialized in moonlit and winter scenes, usually including a sheet of water and sometimes also involving the light of a fire, and he also painted sunsets and views at dawn or twilight.
- The hat, I think the style was called fedora, had a dark band and a dint in the top, which my father would sometimes correct with a chopping action of his right hand.
- Sometime in the early eighteen hundreds, they trekked to the flat plain between the Ohio River and Lake Erie and settled in Mount Vernon, which was then a few small buildings in a forest of tall trees. A Renegade History of the United States
- They are very much secluded from the rest of Chiloe, and have scarcely any sort of commerce, except sometimes in a little oil, which they get from seal-blubber. Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle
- Nor do I deny that they sometimes abuse their power and are unfair to individuals.
- Letters from my family are sort of depressing, though sometimes my cousins write a few words that makes me laugh.
- If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating. A Far From Model Marriage
- He's not the fastest player on the books and occasionally he can be a bit casual and sometimes gets caught in possession.
- Katherine spoke softly, sometimes hesitantly and sometimes in a rush, with a great deal more emotional inflection than the voice she uses when acting the cool professional.