time was

Idioms and Phrases

Formerly, in the past, as in Time was, the city streets were perfectly safe at night . [Mid-1500s]

Example Sentences

Everyone suspected a new Kendrick Lamar album was coming soon — between a Super Bowl halftime show slot next year and a haul of Grammy nominations for “Not Like Us,” the time was as ripe as could be.

From Los Angeles Times

I have been lucky enough to be given a mother who would kill for me and who has been in environments where so many people around me will try and veer me in one direction, and her sole purpose, really, for a long time was to just keep me safe and on the straight and narrow — that was her life.

From Los Angeles Times

Mace's latest bid for camera time was purchased by introducing a bill that might as well be titled the "Sarah McBride Defamation Act" because it only targets one person and lies about her.

From Salon

The family had another home in the town of Bole, which at the time was not on the national grid.

From BBC

Never mind that the person in charge of the government’s anti-pandemic policies at that time was Kennedy’s new patron, then-President Trump.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• already
• formerly
• heretofore
• hitherto
• long ago
• once
• then