Below you will find example sentences with "day earlier". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Day Earlier in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: earlier
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.2 words

Words in this phrase

day earlier

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • day can mean: The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky. Very common word
  • earlier can mean: comparative form of early: more early Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 12 start, 5 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a day earlier a 19 1× a day earlier a court 1× a day earlier a russian 1× a day earlier credit suisse 1× a day earlier hacker had 1× a day earlier khattak said 1× a day earlier koepka had 1× a day earlier ohtani left 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a day earlier 11× after passing through 1× as part of 1× he had gone 1× if 29 february 1× telangana chief minister 1×

Common sentence endings:

1 and borisoglebsky 1× a day earlier 1× as per sources 1× because of cramps 1× earlier than shown 1× for final approval 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

two 3× released 3× reported 3× sent 2× case 2× minister 2× meeting 2× last 2× decided 2× service 2× game 2× centre 2×

Related phrases

day simple day moving prime day veterans day thanksgiving day independence day memorial day day parade mother day day celebrations

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around earlier:

year earlier 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

day celebrations day celebration day camps dawson creek david gordon david cameron

Just after it in the phrase index:

day moving day parade day simple day trips day weekend day yesterday

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

day simple day moving day parade day celebrations day trips day weekend

Same ending:

mentioned earlier stated earlier year earlier noted earlier

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "day earlier" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 25.2 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a day earlier a 19, a day earlier a court, two, released and reported stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with day simple, day moving, prime day and year earlier, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with day earlier

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

A day earlier, the state recorded 111 cases. (8 words)

A day earlier, senior Army officers had visited their homes. (10 words)

A day earlier, Koepka had accused Jon Rahm of behaving like a child. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

As part of its bid to keep the controversy top of mind with voters, the Conservative party released Friday a video of a brief encounter between Scheer and Trudeau during a street party a day earlier in Dieppe, N.B., to celebrate National Acadian Day. (45 words)

The Centre released the list of red, green and orange zones on May 1. Ironically, a day earlier, on April 30, Punjab had recorded a biggest single-day spike, in three digits, for the first time. (36 words)

After passing through the state Senate a day earlier with minor amendments, it returned to the Utah House of Representatives on March 3, where it was approved and then sent to the governor for final approval. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

A day earlier, a court in the capital sent him on a two-day physical remand in the case filed against him by the election commission.

Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy in the cabinet meeting a day earlier had promised that it would be released on the last day of the Assembly session.

The fort has decided to hold its service a day earlier in order not to clash with Weymouth Town Council's Remembrance Day Service on Sunday, November 10.

The teams now have one less day of preparation after the game was rescheduled a day earlier.

He had gone to a primary health centre with “mild fever” a day earlier, and his test results came back positive the next day, as per sources.

That’s almost 3,000 more infections than were reported a day earlier, and it’s the fourth straight day the state has reported an all-time high case count.

The Centre released the list of red, green and orange zones on May 1. Ironically, a day earlier, on April 30, Punjab had recorded a biggest single-day spike, in three digits, for the first time.

A day earlier, Khattak said the government had decided to approach Maulana Fazl after the latter gave Prime Minister Imran Khan a two-day deadline to tender his resignation.

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As part of its bid to keep the controversy top of mind with voters, the Conservative party released Friday a video of a brief encounter between Scheer and Trudeau during a street party a day earlier in Dieppe, N.B., to celebrate National Acadian Day.

If 29 February falls within a Jewish month the first day of later months will be a day earlier than shown.

A day earlier, a 19-year-old woman was charged with assaulting a student in a dispute over posters bearing the names and images of hostages being held by Hamas.

A day earlier, a Russian rocket blast turned a village cafe and store in Hroza, a village in eastern Ukraine to rubble, killing at least 51 civilians, according to Ukrainian officials.

A day earlier, Credit Suisse reported managers had identified "material weaknesses" in the bank's internal controls on financial reporting as of the end of last year.

A day earlier, Hacker had flown his plastic-foam plane and its GoPro camera directly over two of Russia’s most sophisticated electronic warfare systems, a Moscow-1 and Borisoglebsky.

A day earlier, Koepka had accused Jon Rahm of behaving like a child.

A day earlier, Ohtani left the second game of a doubleheader at Detroit because of cramps.

A day earlier, senior Army officers had visited their homes.

A day earlier that was mentioned in a bloc's meeting with Western Balkan leaders in Brussels.

A day earlier, the state recorded 111 cases.

After passing through the state Senate a day earlier with minor amendments, it returned to the Utah House of Representatives on March 3, where it was approved and then sent to the governor for final approval.

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