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Example sentences for "never before"

  • Never before had it been his fortune to behold female charms so dazzling and eyes of such lustre and young majesty.

  • Here was this beauteous woman chatelaine and queen, wife of her husband as never before, he thought, had wife blessed and glorified the existence of mortal man.

  • Never before in all his ten years had he enjoyed anything so much.

  • Never, Mr. Philander, never before in my life have I known one of these animals to be permitted to roam at large from its cage.

  • The great early master in this evolution of allegory, for the satisfaction of Jews and Christians, was Philo: by him its use came in as never before.

  • While the eyes of scholars were thus opened as never before to the skill of early Church zealots in forging documents useful to ecclesiasticism, another discovery revealed their equal skill in forging documents useful to theology.

  • To-night, taken in conjunction with her story, and her unconcerned way of telling it, it jarred on him as never before.

  • He would work, in these coming months, as never before.

  • Fresh from sleep, she understood certain things as never before.

  • He had been carried out of himself as never before; and when the time was over, it was as if the claim over him of the earth below had been vindicated, over against the interests of that living world around.

  • In the midst of its suffocation, that old longing for escape had been satisfied by this vision of the church in Cecilia's house, as never before.

  • As for Marius himself,--the natural soul of worship in him had at last been satisfied as never before.

  • Never before,--no, not in the young time of their first passion, had Constance seemed to him so lovely or so worthy of love.

  • Never before did I so feel thy absence, never before was I so utterly wretched.

  • Not a vestige of opposition remained, but such a tremendous shout of applause as went up I never before heard.

  • The famous old American Museum was now the centre of Barnum's interests, and he devoted himself to its development with such energy as never before.

  • Never before, or after for that matter, was any singer so lauded by the press.

  • Never before have I talked with one who knew this master," said Girolamo, "and it is a feast.

  • Never before, in the annals of the Republic, was one known to refuse the gift of nobility," Giustinian explained, as he described the scene to the Lady Laura.

  • Always he had been a law to himself, both morally and intellectually; never before did it seem that genius had been cast in a mold so orderly and calm.

  • The attempt was in concerted action through his associate houses in Chicago and St. Louis, and he had plunged as never before.

  • As never before he glorified the body and its beauty as the incarnation of God, His veritable image.

  • Thrown back thus upon himself and his appeal to the greater tribunal of the people, he preached as never before in his life.

  • He was speaking with inspiration as never before.

  • To us and to every nation of the Free World, rich or poor, these qualities are necessary today as never before if we are to march together to greater security, prosperity and peace.

  • Soil and water conservation has been advanced as never before.

  • As never before, there is need for unhesitating cooperation among the branches of our government.

  • As never before, the world knows the human and material costs of war and seeks to replace force with a genuine role of law among nations.

  • I always knew I was not handsome, but I never before regarded my appearance as alarming.

  • There he laughed as never before in his life.

  • I never before in my life did a trick like that.

  • Never before had I heard of such unseemly behaviour, nor was my anxiety lessened when I saw, a short distance away, the huge body of my prize at the surface spouting blood.

  • I bellowed at the top of my lung-power, never before had I had the opportunity of thus distinguishing myself, and I felt a bit sore about it.

  • Never before or since has a ship looked like that, to me, nor can I ever forget the thankfulness, the delight, the reverence, with which I once more saw her approaching.

  • After her tears she slept again, and the look her face wore was peaceful as never before.

  • She understood, as never before, the singular fascination and as singular repulsion which she had long felt in Elsie's presence.

  • But the Reverend Doctor did come and sit by her, and spoke such soothing words to her, words of such peace and consolation, that from that hour she was tranquil as never before.

  • Does not her face recall to you one that you remember, as never before?

  • The tenderness, the timidity, and the yearning in Cleve's voice told Joan as never before how he had hoped and feared and despaired.

  • Her horror and terror had worked its way deep into the depths of her and uncovered powers never suspected, never before required in her scheme of life.

  • Never before, not in Count Anteoni's garden, had she felt more utterly withdrawn from the world.

  • Never before had I experienced such a feeling for anyone who had come to the monastery, or for any monk or novice in the monastery.

  • Never before had he appeared in such spirits; never so inexorably resolute.

  • Never before had he so felt the power of her beauty, the almost irresistible spell of her fascination.

  • He loved his homely work and calling as never before, because he saw how on every side it touched and blended with the beautiful and sacred.

  • Never before has he opened his mouth so widely, and only an occasion like this could have moved him.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "never before" 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:
    could not have said; little cousin; never allowed; never asked; never before; never did; never dreamed; never goin; never having; never hear; never hearn; never knew; never known; never like; never look; never lost; never made; never occurs; never read; never seed; never tired; never would cry old; never wrote; painted black; second vice; thin coat