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Synonyms for sometime
Synonyms: Adverb
eventually, finally, someday, sooner or later, ultimately, yet
Synonyms: Adjective
erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, other, past, quondam, whilom
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Examples of sometime in a Sentence
Adverb
We should get together sometime. It's likely to happen sometime soon. She will return from her trip sometime in December. A burglar broke in sometime during the night. The book was written sometime around the turn of the century.Adjective
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Signs with the street names on them were stolen from 21 intersections throughout the village sometime between April 15 and Aug. 29. — Kimberly Fornek, chicagotribune.com, "Hinsdale police blotter: Street signs stolen from 21 intersections," 5 Sep. 2019 The competition is supposed to take place sometime between Nov. 1 and March 31, when waves as high as apartment buildings attract surfers from around the world. — Nico Savidge, The Mercury News, "Mavericks canceled: Organizers scrap iconic surf competition for fourth straight season," 30 Aug. 2019 But flu season actually peaks sometime between December and March, Frank Esper, MD, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Cleveland Clinic tells Health. — Maggie O'neill, Health.com, "How Long Does the Flu Shot Last? Here's What Experts Say," 22 Aug. 2019 The district projects the sale date to be sometime between September 2019 and January 2020. — Kaila Contreras, Houston Chronicle, "Humble ISD revs up high school expansion projects, prepares to sell next set of bonds," 15 Aug. 2019 By a few decades from now, that peak shifts to sometime between February and March. — Alejandra Borunda, National Geographic, "'Snow droughts' are coming for the American West," 14 Aug. 2019 In fact, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends teens first see an OB/GYN sometime between the ages of 13 and 15. — Beth Krietsch, Good Housekeeping, "The Best Way to Educate Your Daughter About Contraception, According to Experts," 2 Aug. 2019 Authorities believe she was killed sometime between the evening of April 21 and April 22. — Sarah Horner, Twin Cities, "Man stabbed his mother dozens of times inside North St. Paul apartment, murder charges say," 1 Aug. 2019 Built in 1865, the current chapel replaces the original structure, which, interestingly was not destroyed during a volcanic eruption, as the volcano is dormant, but rather in an earthquake sometime between 1427 and 1428. — Jennifer Nalewicki, Smithsonian, "There’s a Chapel Located Inside a Volcano in Spain," 19 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
Scott continues to work with Rawlings-Blake’s former fundraiser, Colleen Martin-Lauer, and was a sometime ally of the former mayor. — Ian Duncan, Washington Post, "Brandon Scott leads the Baltimore City Council. He may be aiming higher.," 19 Aug. 2019 Scott continues to work with Rawlings-Blake’s former fundraiser, Colleen Martin-Lauer, and was a sometime ally of the former mayor. — Ian Duncan, baltimoresun.com, "A child of tough Baltimore streets, Brandon Scott now heads the City Council. He may be aiming higher.," 15 Aug. 2019 Fans of The Office might remember Nancy as Michael Scott's sometime realtor and girlfriend, Carol. — Amy Mackelden, Harper's BAZAAR, "Jennifer Aniston Just Called Steve Carell a "Silver Fox" and We Totally Co-Sign," 15 June 2019 What researchers have come to realize is that sometime millions of years ago, part of a retrovirus genome inserted itself into its host’s DNA, and that sequence was then passed on to countless generations of offspring. — Quanta Magazine, "Cells Talk in a Language That Looks Like Viruses," 2 May 2018 There’s his starlet daughter, Ramsey, the sometime lover of Josephine Baker, and his son Montgomery, a World War I hero who steps into the mud pit of Deep South politics. — Sam Sacks, WSJ, "Fiction: The Flavor of the American Century," 15 Feb. 2019 Fried, his sometime nemesis, had become assistant secretary of state for Europe and Eurasia and continued to push vocal American support of Western-leaning governments in former Soviet states, Georgia in particular. — Keith Gessen, New York Times, "The Quiet Americans Behind the U.S.-Russia Imbroglio," 8 May 2018 Kathy McKeon served as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant (and sometime nanny) during a time of great change for the former first lady. — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, "Jackie Kennedy's Personal Assistant Remembers the Day Bobby Kennedy Died," 26 Apr. 2017 The injuries to the couple indicate that Charles Williams, 52, shot his wife and then himself sometime overnight Friday, police said. — Katie Park, Philly.com, "West Goshen couple dead in murder-suicide, police say," 4 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sometime.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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