Example sentences for: pre-

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

  • The Pre-Dynastic and Early

  • In Eastern Europe, exhumed bodies have been used as symbols by political parties, as anthropologist Katherine Verdery explains in her forthcoming book, The Political Lives of Dead Bodies in the Postsocialist Transformation . For instance, liberal reform parties have disinterred Communist leaders from their mausoleums while reburying pre-Communist nationalist heroes in elaborate sarcophagi.

  • In the Bush administration, distribution in the pre-9/11 time period was limited to six people.

  • At Scott Paper--his pre-Sunbeam tour of duty--he fired 11,000 employees (including half the managers and 20 percent of the company's hourly workers), eliminated the corporation's $3-million philanthropy budget, slashed R&D spending, and closed factories.

  • On the day of the big game, for instance, they're offering seven hours of pre-Bowl coverage, starting at 11 a.m.


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