How to Use the past in a Sentence

the past

noun

• And that's just in the past three years!
  — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 May 2026
• Over the past five days, the field has grown from six to eight.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• That moment did not erase the past.
  — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 13 May 2026
• But the wariness has eased over the past decade.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 20 May 2026
• The concern has led to protests in the past.
  — ABC News, 24 June 2026
• In the past, it's not always been like that.
  — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
• This has happened three times in the past two months.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 17 June 2026
• This was the third time this has happened in the past two months.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 17 June 2026
• Or their parents’ agony, day and night, for the past five years.
  — David McGrath, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2025
• The 76ers have been a good team for much of the past six years.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• There are so many [mom] athletes in the past that just get tuned out.
  — Maya Davis, CNN, 28 July 2024
• Sinsun said there is nothing that can change the past.
  — Max Darrow, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
• Turkey has carried out such raids in the past.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
• Staal has six goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
  — ABC News, 10 June 2026
• Here are three of our most eye-catching stories from the past week.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 30 May 2024
• For sure, there’s much more control over media than in the past.
  — David Marchese David Marchese, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2023
• Over the past eight years, Carter has faced his share of health challenges.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2023
• Tampa Bay has dropped eight of the past 10 games.
  — CBS News, 3 June 2026
• Mexico has given up just one goal in the past eight months.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
• For the past eight months, Reid has working on music.
  — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
• Springer has denied any plans to run for governor in the past.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 27 Apr. 2023
• His production has waned in each of the past two seasons.
  — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 6 May 2026
• Even festivals have been in such a weird spot the past couple of years.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
• This is also one of the ways that cyclospora has spread in the past.
  — Lauren Murdoch-Smith, Vogue, 11 July 2026
• Backyards look very different from the neat lawns of the past.
  — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
• In the past, that kind of excuse would never have fooled her mother.
  — Nell Freudenberger, The New Yorker, 28 July 2024
• As a result, At Home has closed six stores over the past year.
  — Greta Cross, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
• She’s been featured at the art festival for the past six years.
  — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
• Jack Eichel has one goal and nine assists over the past 10 games.
  — ABC News, 3 June 2026
• Alex Tuch has five goals and five assists over the past 10 games.
  — ABC News, 22 Apr. 2026