sometime

adverb some·time \ ˈsəm-ˌtīm \

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

Examples: sometime in a Sentence

Definition of sometime

1 archaic : in the past : formerly

2 archaic : once in a while : occasionally

3 : at some time in the future

I'll do it sometime

4 : at some not specified or definitely known point of time

sometime last night

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Examples of sometime in a Sentence

We should get together sometime.
It's likely to happen sometime soon.
She will return from her trip sometime in December.
A burglar broke in sometime during the night.
The book was written sometime around the turn of the century.

Recent Examples of sometime from the Web

The incident, which police said took place sometime between March 16 and April 2, opened credit lines with the Pentagon Federal Credit Union.

— kathy routliffe, chicagotribune.com, "Police blotter: Kenilworth police report early morning newspaper theft," 15 June 2018
Most children receive a measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR) shot at 12 to 15 months and another dose a few years later -- sometime between age 4 and 6, according to the CDC.

— jennifer earl, Fox News, "World Cup attendees urged to get measles vaccine: Signs and symptoms of the viral illness," 12 June 2018
According to Price, the bulletin board replacement may be done sometime between the end of June and the end of July.

— melanie feuk, Houston Chronicle, "KSA wraps-up $350,000 in repairs to Kingwood parks after Harvey," 8 June 2018
The episode happened sometime between Jan. 7, 2018 and March 8, 2018, but did not occur on campus.

— casey quackenbush, Time, "An Employee at Michigan State University Is Accused of Having Sex With a Bassett Hound," 5 June 2018
Next, go to the correct poll sometime between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. People who have not yet cast a ballot by 8 p.m. but are waiting in line by that time will still be able to participate in the election.

— joshua stewart, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Voting today? He's what you need to do to make it easy," 5 June 2018
The project, which will start construction sometime between the end of 2018 and the start of 2019, includes 148 apartments and 197 parking spaces for rent.

— allie gross, Detroit Free Press, "Lafayette Park overhaul: What massive project will look like," 2 June 2018
Other projects in the region include $23.5 million to resurface 13.5 miles of I-55 from south of I-80 to Weber Road in Will County sometime between 2020 and 2024.

— ted slowik, Daily Southtown, "State targets roadwork throughout south suburbs in new 6-year plan," 1 June 2018
Son Karl Clinkenbeard is believed to have attacked his parents sometime between noon and 1:15 p.m., according to local TV station WBBM.

— chris harris, PEOPLE.com, "Ill. Man Kills Parents in Murder-Suicide After Learning They Wanted Him Out of Their House: Police," 31 May 2018

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First Known Use of sometime

14th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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sometime Synonyms

Synonyms

eventually, finally, someday, sooner or later, ultimately, yet;

Near Antonyms

ne'er, never, nevermore;

forthwith, immediately, promptly, pronto, right away, right now, right off, straightaway, straightway;

Phrases

at last (or at long last), at length, in the end, in the fullness of time, in time;

sometime

adjective

Definition of sometime

1 : having been formerly : former, late

2 : being so occasionally or in only some respects

a sometime father

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Examples of sometime in a Sentence

a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat

Recent Examples of sometime from the Web

Kathy McKeon served as Jackie Kennedy's personal assistant (and sometime nanny) during a time of great change for the former first lady.

— caroline hallemann, Town & Country, "Jackie Kennedy's Personal Assistant Remembers the Day Bobby Kennedy Died," 26 Apr. 2017
The injuries to the couple indicate that Charles Williams, 52, shot his wife and then himself sometime overnight Friday, police said.

— katie park, Philly.com, "West Goshen couple dead in murder-suicide, police say," 4 June 2018
Arias was charged in the 2008 murder of her sometime lover Travis Alexander, who was found stabbed, shot and with his throat slit in the bathroom of his Mesa house.

— michael kiefer, azcentral, "Arizona Appeals Court rules against Jodi Arias' request for court secrecy," 30 May 2018
Lawyers are once again debating the fate of Mumia Abu-Jamal, now 64, the former Black Panther and sometime radio reporter serving a life sentence for the 1981 shooting death of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner.

— aubrey nagle, Philly.com, "Comcast staffers report sexual harassment, Cosby jury explains verdict | Morning Newsletter," 1 May 2018
He's been a real estate agent, owned a liquor store, and invested in buying and developing property with his friend and sometime business partner Randy Schrimsher.

— lee roop, AL.com, "Tommy Battle runs for governor saying he'll sell Alabama as 'a smart place'," 26 Apr. 2018
The principal of Forest Park Elementary School was told of the posting sometime Wednesday, then told a school resource officer and contacted Portland Public Schools security, said Dave Northfield, a school district spokesman.

— everton bailey jr., OregonLive.com, "Portland school 'slaughterhouse' label on Google leads to extra police presence," 21 Mar. 2018
The intense relationship between dear friends and sometime lovers Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West was not a scandal in their own households — the writers’ similarly free-thinking husbands were reportedly fine with it.

— jeremy d. goodwin, BostonGlobe.com, "Subverting gender in Lyric Stage’s sly ‘Orlando’," 27 Feb. 2018
The expert, Isabella Quattrocchi, said that seven drawings and eight oil paintings by Modigliani, as well as six oil paintings attributed to his friend and sometime collaborator, Moise Kisling, were not authentic.

— elisabetta povoledo, New York Times, "The Authenticity of Modigliani Paintings Questioned Once Again," 12 Jan. 2018