1
: at some time in the future
I'll do it sometime.
2
: at some not specified or definitely known point of time
sometime last night
3
archaic
: in the past : formerly
4
archaic
: once in a while : occasionally
Examples of sometime in a Sentence
Adverb
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.
Adjective
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The restoration of two of the four East River Tunnel tubes is expected to be completed sometime in 2027.
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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Marx was a sometime journalist, which, as everybody knows, is not a real job, and Engels was the son of a rich mill owner.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
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Adverb
Control Resonant will arrive sometime in 2026 PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, and Mac via Steam and the App Store.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
The restoration of two of the four East River Tunnel tubes is expected to be completed sometime in 2027.
—Elijah Westbrook, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
Adjective
Set in Los Angeles, this ruminative novel alternates in perspective between a blockbuster actor, his best friend and sometime lover, and an aspiring screenwriter.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Marx was a sometime journalist, which, as everybody knows, is not a real job, and Engels was the son of a rich mill owner.
—Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 22 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sometime
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sometime. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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