the other day

Example Sentences

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The other day the Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood pleaded with pro-Palestinian protesters not to head out onto the streets in the immediate days after the attack at the Heaton Park Synagogue.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2025

I was thinking of this the other day, the word carente.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2024

The other day, the obviously busy pharmacist took the time to walk me through finding and getting a vaccine appointment on my phone because I wasn’t able to do it on my computer at home.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2023

At his trailer the other day, the new work was nearly edging Smith out the door.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2022

“Just like those little hatchlings are. Only the other day the captain said to me, Follow the turtle, Zheng. It leads you to good things.”

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook