Yesterday means The day immediately before today; one day ago. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like past.

Frequent word

Yesterday in a sentence

Yesterday | Yesterdays

Yesterday meaning

  1. The day immediately before today; one day ago.
  2. The past, often in terms of being outdated.

Synonyms of Yesterday

day yesteryear past times past mean solar day solar day 24-hour interval twenty-four hour period twenty-four hours yore

Example sentences (20)

According to the residents, they left their homes yesterday and walked on foot in order to reach the council offices.

A driver struck a mother pushing her baby in a stroller in Ballston yesterday morning, police and a witness say.

Activists of two BNP factions clash during the party’s divisional rally in Chattogram around 2:30pm yesterday.

According to a release by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, the President assented to the bill at home yesterday.

A government official in Bihar was shot at by some unidentified men in Jehanabad yesterday, the police said.

After many hiccups, 376 Nigerians were airlifted from Egypt by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) and Air Peace planes yesterday.

A murder investigation was launched yesterday after the newborn child was found dead outside the property.

A man in his 40s has died after a jet ski accident at Carlingford Lough in Co Louth yesterday evening.

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A 72-year-old man has died in East London after police recovered his body from a lake near Ilford yesterday (Tuesday, August 29).

According to Gardaí, the accident took place on the N69 Glin to Tarbert Road in County Limerick at around 10pm yesterday evening.

A 36-year-old woman from Glenmore Park was among those killed in yesterday’s tragic helicopter crash near Sea World on the Gold Coast.

And I told — I mentioned to all of you yesterday that we actually had some — some data to share.

A 49-year-old woman, the driver, was taken to hospital with serious injuries and sadly died in hospital yesterday (Wednesday, June 21).

Also announced yesterday was the new date for Open House Luau for the reopening of the pool.

After the March 16 meeting, Van Straaten carried what he termed his “terrible secret” for a month before yesterday’s official announcement.

Matur made the call yesterday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Jos, the state capital.

Ireland yesterday recorded 1,283 coronavirus cases, but fatalities remain low with just three deaths recorded yesterday.

After being reported missing and endangered yesterday,left his phone in the car overnight?

So I ordered a mandatory evacuation of Zone A yesterday or yesterday evening, which is our lowest lying area.

After yesterday's round of downpours, SE Wyoming looks particularly waterlogged today.

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Common combinations with yesterday

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yesterday" in a sentence?
An example: "According to the residents, they left their homes yesterday and walked on foot in order to reach the council offices." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "yesterday" from real English texts.
What does "yesterday" mean?
Yesterday means: The day immediately before today; one day ago.
What are synonyms of "yesterday"?
Common synonyms of "yesterday" include: day, yesteryear, past times, past, mean solar day, solar day, 24-hour interval, twenty-four hour period. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "yesterday" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "yesterday", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

About these examples

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