beforetime

Example Sentences

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Is this the beforetime for Johns, a memory of a time before he decided to be an artist, before he turned inward and began to live almost entirely in his head?

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

You have cleverly fooled me beforetime, With a dainty scorn, and then an imploring forgiveness!

From Poems by Howells, William Dean

Thou shall thyself behold some of the mysteries touching which I have warned thee beforetime.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John

The words now and beforetime denote too long an interval to allow room for such a supposition.

From The Bible: what it is by Bradlaugh, Charles