just before
Example Sentences
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Firefighters with the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District were called about the small fire just before noon, said Capt. Eric Sherwin, but southern winds quickly moved the flames toward nearby homes.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2026
Cinema seems to spring up wherever Mr. McElwee looks—in one quietly virtuoso sequence from just before his surgery, he films a neighbor assembling a large flower box and imagines it’s his own coffin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
In the early evening, just before dusk, the sun peeks through the trees and warms the bench.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 6, 2026
“When I watched it again, just before doing this movie, I said, ‘What the hell?’
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 6, 2026
Mother got home just before the food reached the table, so Paris never got a chance to talk to him alone.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
