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

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

Even Elle Macpherson, a model who would come to be known as “The Body,” faced her share of rejections early in her career: As she recalls in her new memoir, simply titled “Elle,” a prevailing attitude at the time was that “girls with brown eyes don’t get covers” of top magazines.

From Los Angeles Times

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