Examples of onetime in a Sentence
Adjective
a onetime actor now turned singer
with any luck, that was a onetime mistake
Adverb
an athlete who onetime competed in marathons on a regular basis
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Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Wendell Phillips, a onetime abolitionist ally, became a staunch opponent of Stanton’s women’s-suffrage push.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Dec. 2025
She was married only once, very briefly to Brazilian industrialist Roberto Seabra, and then had a 30-year relationship with Raymond Marcellin, onetime Interior Minister of France, before his death in 2004.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
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Adjective
Palmer’s character, Corvette, is down on her luck and sleeping on a friend’s couch in a onetime fast-food chicken restaurant that still has the light-up menu on the wall, right next to the makeshift shower in the kitchen.
—Jada Yuan, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2026
Wendell Phillips, a onetime abolitionist ally, became a staunch opponent of Stanton’s women’s-suffrage push.
—Moira Donegan, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
Adverb
In a podcast last week, onetime CBS News anchor Connie Chung clashed with her husband and shock show host Maury Povich over the impact so far on CBS.
—Paul Bedard, The Washington Examiner, 8 Dec. 2025
She was married only once, very briefly to Brazilian industrialist Roberto Seabra, and then had a 30-year relationship with Raymond Marcellin, onetime Interior Minister of France, before his death in 2004.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Nov. 2025
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“Onetime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onetime. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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