Example sentences for: before

How can you use “before” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • One of my personal favorites in this category is mithridatism the gradual immunization of a person against a poison by administering it over a long period in small, but increasing dosages; it refers to Mithridates IV the Great of Pontus (? 133-65 BC), who, according to Justinian, foiled a conspiracy by just such a method before dispatching the conspirators one day at dinner by dosing the food with poison that had no effect on him.

  • Stop to try the waters at the Venetian fountain — a series of lion heads spout crystal clear, cool liquid from the mountains above — before exploring the village itself.

  • Born in 1629 in Rotterdam, de Hooch apprenticed himself to a Haarlem landscapist called Nicolaes Berchem before making his way to Delft around 1652.

  • Before we experience another Vioxx, we hope that a future version of the Declaration of Helsinki will add, “Extreme care must be taken when omitting placebo.”

  • Warren Beatty, whose film Bulworth recently had its nationwide release moved to just a few days before Godzilla opens ( Bulworth debuts in New York and Los Angeles today, Godzilla nationwide next Wednesday).


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