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Example sentences for "little past"

  • It was a little past two o'clock in the afternoon when General Lee, accompanied by General Marshall, his chief of staff, entered the house.

  • It was a little past four o'clock when Major A.

  • We descended by a romantic mountain road into the valley, a little past noon, and halted at Richmond's, at Hoosick Four Corners.

  • Pocketing some of the acorns from the venerable tree, I hastened back to my lodgings, and at a little past five in the evening departed for Boston.

  • I left Poughkeepsie at ten in the evening, and reached Kingston village, ninety-three miles north of New York, a little past midnight.

  • Ferrara, arrived there a little past 2; and then came a halt of four hours--till six P.

  • At a little past two o'clock in the afternoon, we saw in the distance the out-skirts of London.

  • We entered the vast building at a little past twelve o'clock to-day.

  • It was a little past sunset, and the gathering night showed somewhat indistinctly the American and Russian flags floating side by side on the boat.

  • A little past noon we sighted the town and military post of Habarofka at the mouth of the Ousuree.

  • A little past noon we touched at the Russian village of Petrovsky.

  • Late in the morning the captain appeared; about nine o'clock fire was kindled in the furnace, and a little past ten we were under way.

  • At a little past four, the squadron anchored abreast of the Fort of Griessee, but no farther resistance was offered, except a few ineffectual shots fired from that fort at the Culloden; M.

  • At a little past eight, the frigates renewed the action, and placing themselves one on either bow of the Droits de l'Homme, raked her alternately.

  • At a little past seven, she came drifting out of the harbour, and passed so close to the flag-ship as nearly to involve her in the same destruction.

  • A little past daylight we opened fire, and the fresh troops on the left, under General Buell, were put in motion.

  • A little past daylight a shell from the Rebel batteries exploded within twenty yards of my position, and warned me that it was time to rise.

  • The two columns were to move from Springfield at sunset, bivouac within four miles of the proposed battle-field, and begin their march early enough to fall upon the enemy's camp a little past daylight.

  • Continued our journey at a little past 3 oclock with a nice sail wind and reached the lower end of the Dalles about two and got boats & foods about half way across the portage.

  • Continued our journey a little past 3 oclock and encamped at 7 in the evening.

  • Resumed our journey at a little past 4 oclock and by 10 all the brigades had arrived at the Spokane Fort and delivered in the cargoes.

  • We spent the day yesterday at Grasmere, in quiet walks about the hotel; and at a little past six in the afternoon, I took my departure in the stage-coach for Windermere.

  • We reached Leamington at a little past six, and drove to the Clarendon Hotel,--a very spacious and stately house, by far the most splendid hotel I have yet seen in England.

  • I go to town almost daily, starting at about eleven, and reaching Southport again at a little past live; by which time it is quite dark, and continues so till nearly eight in the morning.


    • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little past" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    little amused; little cottage; little creature; little crowd; little dears; little exclamation; little flock; little flower; little half; little hill; little husband; little longer; little note; little panel; little parsley; little rest; little salt; little sand; little silence; little speech; little spirit; little start; little tree; little warm; little while; military force