once upon a time
Example Sentences
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She’ll be pleased, probably, or she may wonder why his wife, who came along later in life, is now getting 75% when once upon a time she might have inherited the lion’s share of the trust’s assets.
From MarketWatch
Once upon a time we were, at least.
From Literature
Once upon a time, he lived out his starving artist fantasies abroad before putting that aside to join the family business.
From Salon
But once upon a time we flocked to it, particularly when Carrie Underwood starred as Maria in NBC’s December 2013 broadcast of “The Sound of Music Live!”
From Salon
Once upon a time in California, I went to the Orange County fairgrounds to watch Arnold Schwarzenegger give the signal for a wrecking ball to drop onto a vehicle.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
