How to Use one of these days in a Sentence
one of these days
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My son was not supposed to arrive on one of these days.
—Maria Zorn, Longreads, 24 Feb. 2026
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The big question remains whether her sister, Serena, will appear with her one of these days.
—James Hansen, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
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The guys are both in their 80s — Daltrey is 81, while Townshend is just a young pup at 80 — so, really, one of these days has to be the last time, right?
—Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
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Hal Steinbrenner sitting in the Yankee dugout one of these days before the regular season ends and chopping it up with the media the way Uncle Steve did at Citi Field the other day.
—Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026
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There, beside the shiplike hulk of the Basilica of San Petronio—which is a work in progress, the foundation stone having been laid in 1390, and which somebody really should get around to finishing one of these days—was a vast white screen.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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