How to Use previous in a Sentence

previous

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• She has a child from a previous marriage.
• The two characters met in a previous chapter.
• Lee has had previous run-ins with the law.
  — Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 7 Feb. 2026
• All the previous ones were tough roads.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• The chain kept the previous workers and menu but changed the names.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 12 June 2022
• The team had already achieved all this in previous years.
  — New Atlas, 21 Feb. 2026
• Watch it here, along with previous episodes of the series to catch you up.
  — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022
• Just like the previous three years, there is always one area that gets them.
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2026
• This year is on track to more than double the previous record, which was last year.
  — Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
• My previous mock draft can be perused here.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
• The video above is from a previous report.
  — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
• The video above is from a previous report.
  — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
• Nedeljkovic was just one of the changes from the lineup that had won the previous two games.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
• The previous record fish was longer, but not as big around as Phillips’ catch.
  — Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 24 Jan. 2026
• In my two previous films there was a lot of nature and the forest.
  — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
• But for this year's crop of new grads, finding work might not be as hard as in previous years.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 17 May 2023
• There was a sense that his previous move came slightly too early for him.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 4 July 2026
• Mitchell has missed five of the previous six games because of a groin injury.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• Painter has coughed up precisely two homers in each of his two previous starts.
  — Josh Shepardson, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• Clifford had missed the previous two games with a left midfoot sprain.
  — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 29 Mar. 2026
• This one wasn’t quite as easy as the previous two, but the result was nearly the same.
  — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 20 Mar. 2022
• This is the previous Vogue cover star’s third child.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 19 June 2026
• That sum smashed the club’s previous record for an outgoing fee.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
• To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2026
• To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2026
• The Sabres won 3-1 in the previous matchup.
  — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
• The previous record of 80 was set last season.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 4 Apr. 2026
• His approval was down slightly from the previous week.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
• The previous record was set in 1910.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
• And the previous top offer for these cards was worth $900.
  — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 12 June 2026