Previous

//ˈpɹi.vi.əs//

"Previous" in a Sentence (19 examples)

I would like to retract my previous statement.

It is that Emmet's theory is compatible with previous theories in physics that is of most significance.

In short, it is because the 'plan.doc' file I attached in the previous email was infected with a virus.

The evidence corresponds to his previous statement.

The accident happened previous to my arrival.

Regarding Professor Scott's final criticism I have nothing more to add to what I said in my previous reply.

This novel of his is inferior to the previous one.

That's the mind-set of a previous time. The current generation doesn't think that way.

My cousin took me by surprise by coming without previous notice.

I have a previous engagement at ten.

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He is no better than the previous Prime Minister.

He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.

Putin’s answered by simply stating he did not believe Ukraine had honored the previous ceasefires Moscow had unilaterally called, and that Kyiv has said Moscow never respected either.

I was a bit previous it turned out, as I worked short-handed for ten days before I could find another hand.

It turned out the shoplifter had a lot of previous.

Simmons had eight previouses: robberies, burglaries, a couple of felonious assaults.

For that Smalling will have to do his time grazing in the scapegoat’s paddock because his contribution here supplied hard evidence of a player lacking the football intelligence that is needed at the highest level. He has previous on that front and it is difficult to find any mitigation for the way he scythed down James Milner when the first rule for a defender on a yellow card is not to dive in unless it is absolutely necessary.

Mitigation will be limited given his previous and as he has already attended tackle school he cannot return.

The two players refused to shake hands — there's a bit of previous there.

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