How to Use soon in a Sentence

soon

adverb
  • How soon can you finish the job?
  • We will soon be making changes.
  • I will let you know as soon as possible.
  • I'll get there as soon as I can.
  • The sooner you finish your homework, the sooner you can go outside and play.
  • The audience soon realized that it wasn't a stunt.
  • When is the soonest possible date of delivery?
  • The soonest I can get there is tomorrow.
  • She found a job soon after graduation.
  • Last week Palau was the first, with Chile and the Maldives soon to do so.
    Bill Weir, CNN, 4 Feb. 2024
  • China could soon have a train that is as fast as a plane.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Chanel Iman will soon be able to call herself a mom to three girls!
    Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • But the point at which the world first steps over the 1.5 degree threshold could be much sooner.
    Sabrina Weiss, WIRED, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Whole Foods customers will soon be able to pay for their groceries with the palm of their hand.
    USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • The pups were soon brought back, but Lady Gaga won’t have to splash out that cash, after all.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Majhi had in fact moved out of her house soon after the attack.
    Suhasini Raj, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2023
  • Gear from one of the greatest football matches of all-time could soon be yours.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Premier League and the rest will come soon enough to poach Italy’s best talents and to try to beat back its teams’ advances on the field.
    Andrew Das, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Here's what's coming out of the Senate very soon: a big package for Ukraine.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • No this is not the start of anything out there, just want u to know there’s a light on inside me .. show it to you soon.
    Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The holiday season might be closing out soon, but the end-of-the-year deals are far from over.
    Anna Popp, Travel + Leisure, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Forecast in detail What snow is left will soon be gone.
    Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • The answer to that will come soon enough, but right now the Rays can enjoy a dominant stretch to start the season.
    Noah Trister, ajc, 10 Apr. 2023
  • His body was soon found, and Janks was arrested and charged with his murder.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • The Fed signaled this week that interest rates won’t go down soon.
    Gina Heeb, WSJ, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Stuart painted or started all of the works in the series soon after.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The Beatles fans will soon be able to watch the making of one of the band’s most memorable albums on Disney+.
    Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Bed linens sailing the wind, curtains flaring beyond the windscreens, lilacs soon to lie on the ground.
    Carolyn Forché, The Atlantic, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Her fortunes soon changed after a fateful run-in with the Wayans brothers at her day job.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The total will soon be updated with the help of survey results.
    Jennifer Dixon, Detroit Free Press, 29 Aug. 2023

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