How to Use ever in a Sentence
ever
adverb- The crime rate is higher now than it has ever been.
- That was the worst movie I ever saw.
- Have you ever been to France?
- Has this ever been done before?
- She's doing fine and is as pretty as ever.
- The deadline draws ever closer.
- No one has ever seen a better example of woodwork.
- Did it ever occur to you that I might like more myself?
- He's forgotten all he's ever learned about history.
- Technology in recent years has become ever more sophisticated.
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One of the very best to ever do it.
—Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2025
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No one has ever seen one in the wild.
—Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026
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No one else was ever in the room with this.
—Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
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No one should ever have to face abuse alone.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
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There are more of us than there will ever be of them.
—Katherine Packert Burke, Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Their medicines won’t be ready for years, if ever.
—Bloomberg, Oc Register, 29 May 2026
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How does the fastest pitch ever thrown by a starter sound?
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
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This ties for the most ever at this point in the new year.
—Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
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Just fell off the bike and wouldn’t ever be able to get back on?
—Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 2 June 2024
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If ever there was a recipe to dream about, this would be the one.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
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No one ever asks, ‘Why does the wind blow?
—Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
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Is there ever a bad time for a cocktail?
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 24 Mar. 2026
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Neither of us ever sat on that bed.
—Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
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Don’t ever try to sweep it under the rug.
—Brynn Cooksey, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Nobody had ever heard a song from us.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2026
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The stock is pacing for its best day ever.
—Cj Haddad, CNBC, 29 May 2026
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No team has ever overcome a deficit that large.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
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No one has ever said this in music.
—Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
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Anybody who ever cared about him is gone.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 3 Feb. 2026
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How close did that ever get to coming to fruition?
—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
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