ere
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How to use ere in a sentence
Three times,” he says angrily, “thou shalt betray me ere the cock crows.
Perhaps you will understand now that you ought to have asked my business ere you proposed to hang me off hand.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe pool was drained in 1866, and, having been filled up, its site will ere long be covered with streets of houses.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellIt burst upon them ere long with awful fury and grandeur, the elements warring with incredible vehemence.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneA month later, he turned sharp round, ere half a morning walk was completed, and stumped back to the house.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard Kipling
"I supposed you 'adn't, as 'e ain't 'ere, with yer ma," replied the young person.
Rosemary in Search of a Father | C. N. Williamson
British Dictionary definitions for ere
/ (ɛə) /
a poetic word for before
Origin of ere
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