ever since

idiom

1

: continually or often from a past time until now

We both liked the idea and have been working on it ever since.

I went to the festival its first year and have been returning ever since.

2

: continually from the time in the past when : since

She's wanted to be a firefighter ever since she was a young girl.

Examples of ever since in a Sentence

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His vision is one thing, but the director’s superpower is his ability to lure A-list actors into his orbit, a prime example being Emma Stone, who came to co-star in 2018’s 18-century period piece The Favourite and has hung around ever since. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Dec. 2025

Home prices and mortgage rates have been elevated ever since the pandemic housing boom, and wages haven’t kept up with inflation. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Dec. 2025

For the past week — ever since her 42nd birthday — Dinah had spent each evening standing in this same spot, smoking a clandestine cigarette, watching this same man perform yard work and chores, envisioning the same torrid affair. —Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 8 Dec. 2025

The boxes contained more than 60 precious cultural artifacts, including a rare Inuit sealskin kayak, which were taken from First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities more than a century ago and have been held in the Vatican museums and vaults ever since. —Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for ever since

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