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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PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Kinsleigh was reunited with her mother sometime in 2021.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Donald had a new lady called Marla Maples, who was a sometime actress, putting it delicately.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
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Adverb
Valve plans on releasing the new hardware sometime early next year.
—PC Magazine, 12 Nov. 2025
Kinsleigh was reunited with her mother sometime in 2021.
—Noe Padilla, IndyStar, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
De Niro-Rodriguez, a sometime actor who had appeared in Bradley Cooper’s 2018 A Star Is Born.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
Donald had a new lady called Marla Maples, who was a sometime actress, putting it delicately.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 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 17 Nov. 2025.
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