How to use heretofore in a sentence
12 example sentences · adverb
Heretofore means before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point. Example: “We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.”
Examples of heretofore by meaning
adverbBefore now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.
- He had more liberty now than he'd known heretofore.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:heretofore.
adverbPreviously within the present text; earlier herein.
- heretofore referred to as
More sentences with heretofore
- Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars.1977 February 14, Joseph E. Galvin, “Under Fire”, in The New York Times. From the entry skirmish
- The scatological proletarianisms of Don Jonz reflect poorly on your heretofore high level of editorial standards.1973, Flying, volume 92, page 8. From the entry proletarianism
- Heretofore advertisers have had to buy and pay for a leaf — two pages.1900, Profitable Advertising, volume 10, number 2, page 893. From the entry leaf
- The Palko test was stated and has heretofore been taken as a definition (of questionable contemporary vitality) of due process generally, not of privacy.1994, Jules L. Coleman, Anthony James Sebok, Constitutional Law and Its Interpretation, page 231. From the entry Palko test
- EGF increased proliferation and squame formation and induced keratinization in cultured MA cells, an observation heretofore not reported in rat MA cells.1984, Gheorghe Stoica, In Vivo Diverse Spectrum of Neoplasms Induced in 30-day-old Rats and in Vitro Neoplastic Transformation of Rat…. From the entry squame
- If the analysis of fluid texts requires a more sophisticated treatment of versions than we have heretofore witnessed, there is no doubt that geneticism makes a significant contribution.2002, John L. Bryant, The Fluid Text: A Theory of Revision and Editing for Book and Screen, page 75. From the entry geneticism
- The béret, heretofore peculiar to the Latin Quarter and the head of Jean Borotra, has now been seen on the Prince of Wales and General Trotter.1926 November, “[Life, Letters, and the Arts] Bérets”, in The Living Age, volume 331, number 4293, Boston, Mass.: The Living Age Company…. From the entry béret
- The two men followed Madame de Vaurigard into a square hall, hung with tapestries and lit by two candles of a Brobdingnagian species Mellin had heretofore seen only in cathedrals.1907, Booth Tarkington, “Glamour”, in His Own People. From the entry brobdingnagian
Meaning of heretofore
- adverb Before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
- adverb Previously within the present text; earlier herein.
Questions about heretofore in a sentence
- How do you use heretofore in a sentence?
- Heretofore is used as an adverb. For example: “We now make available these works which were heretofore unpublished.”
- What is a short sentence with heretofore?
- “heretofore referred to as”
- What does heretofore mean?
- Heretofore means before now, until now, up to the present time; from the beginning to this point.
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