How to Use never again in a Sentence
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But f--- thattttttt y’all never again!
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
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And likely never again … or at least for a very long time.
—Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Queen would never again sound so intense, wild and heavy.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
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There are those who are willing to try it just once, but never again.
—Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 15 Nov. 2023
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America will never again give up the moon.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 Apr. 2026
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Charlotte breaks the fourth wall solely at the start of our journey and then never again.
—Courtney Howard, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
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Stephanie Vaughn will never again take a picture of her daughter on the first day of school.
—Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
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The boy promised to never again poop his pants, Schoenbrod said in the interview.
—Mark Harper, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
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Physicians told her to find a new career, that her voice would never again rise to those signature heights and plunge so deep.
—Craig Seymour, Rolling Stone, 5 Dec. 2023
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He has never again been mistaken for the author of a terrorist book.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2023
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The work is mercurial, lulling, like a sunset seen for a moment and never again.
—Angelica Aboulhosn, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2024
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After my term in office, the jazz festival was never again free of charge — and now it has been allowed to die.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
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Lilia Astudillo will never again bear-hug her 14-year-old son.
—Claire Ballor, Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2023
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Miles never doesn’t sound like Miles, never again needs to kill time — time is Miles Davis’ servant.
—Bart Bull, SPIN, 20 June 2023
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Texas never again closed to within a single possession until the waning moments of the game.
—Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 17 Jan. 2026
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The world must never again be caught with its pants down in regards to the prevention, detection, and rapid treatment of pandemics.
—Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
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Smith, who was the first person to run the 200-meter event in less than 20 seconds, would never again race.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 July 2026
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Then Minnesota added Lamb’s power-play goal and never again relinquished the lead.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 Jan. 2024
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From then on, nominees would never again be asked to pull double duty as presenters in their own category.
—Lanford Beard, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2023
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Minnesota used a 19-2 run to open a 23-10 lead late in the first quarter and never again trailed.
—ABC News, 30 Mar. 2026
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The aging Havanese who stays under the desk as the experiments proceed will never again go to her favorite ocean.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 1 Mar. 2023
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As performers, the group would never again approach its level of 1970s success.
—WSJ, 16 Dec. 2022
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Machiavelli wrote that Julius Caesar was the first tyrant in Rome, with the result that Rome was never again free.
—Vickie B. Sullivan, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
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The learning, the brain development, the capacity to care and connect that happen in children’s first five years of life are never again matched.
—Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
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Elder and Moeller would, of course, play each other multiple times each season, but never again as a rematch of the previous state final.
—Alex Harrison, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2023
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And it would be based on the demilitarization of Gaza and the guarantee that it could never again be militarized.
—David Makovsky, Washington Post, 19 June 2024
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The company—which is largely sponsored by Vladimir Putin’s regime—may never again tour here, or in any Western country.
—Sara Krolewski, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
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Its compact size is ideal for road trips and air travel alike — never again be forced to check your rolling carry-on because this one fits right under the seat (in a standard-sized aircraft).
—Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
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Her grandmother immediately repaired the floor and never again acknowledged that her daughter was nearly beaten to death in their home.
—Ruth Madievsky, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
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And now, in its new 4K glory, this scrappy seat-of-the-pants gem is alive with gorgeous ghosts, among them a number of performers who would never again appear onscreen.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
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