How do you use Previous in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like former or late, plus the exact meaning.
Previous meaning
- Prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.
- Premature; acting or occurring too soon.
Example sentences (20)
According to a garda witness, Mr Suchowiecka had four previous convictions, including one charge of blackmail.
According to Hyundai the Kona is 5.7 inches longer, and it rides on a wheelbase 2.3 inches longer than the previous version.
According to Business Insider, two previous candidates, Eugene V Debs in 1920, and Lyndon LaRouche in 1992, both ran from prison.
According to figures obtained by The Mail 19 incidents were logged at Combe House in 2022 up to October, a rise from 12 the previous year.
In Bengal, for example, food production, while down on the previous year, was higher than in previous non-famine years.
Aberdeen defender Nicky Devlin is determined to secure a different outcome at Hampden on Sunday from his previous League Cup final experience.
A Canadian grain company call South West Terminal, Ltd. ("SWT") had done four previous grain deals with Canadian farmers Bob and Chris Achter.
Commit a drink-drive offence and have had two previous drink drive convictions in the previous four years.
A 15-year-old girl was hospitalised in serious condition on Monday after the motorcycle she was a passenger on collided with a car the previous night.
The court heard that Shaw’s criminal record consisted of 16 previous offences, including battery, robbery, and a previous wounding.
If a person has a previous diagnosis of epilepsy with previous imaging repeat imaging is not usually needed with subsequent seizures.
The previous record for Cheyenne was from 2006, and the previous record for Laramie was in 2012.
Previous data show recent use among U.S. teens declined in 2016 after rising in previous years.
According to a previous interview with guitarist features guest spots from.
But if previous global economic crises are any indication, emissions will from previous lows.
According to Grech, this growth was driven by private consumption, with other economic sectors such as manufacturing also growing compared to previous years.
A boy trying a 'phantom hand' test at a previous campaign drop in event.
This represented a significant fall in outlay compared to the previous 2009–2010 budget, adjusting to take account of previous underspends.
Regarding Belizeans living abroad, even from previous re-registration exercises and all previous General Elections, the law has not changed.
Saturday is celebrated as a sort of afterfeast for the previous Sunday, on which several of the hymns from the previous Sunday are repeated.
Phrases with previous
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with previous
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the previous 123×
- previous year 19×
- their previous 12×
- his previous 12×
- in previous 11×
- previous years 11×
- from previous 10×
- to previous 10×
- of previous 9×
- two previous 7×
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