ago

Definition:
In the past.

Use 'ago' in a sentence:

• 1. I met him half an hour ago.
• 2. It was on TV not long ago.
• 3. Her parents died a long time ago.
• 4. Voting began about two hours ago.
• 5. Martha graduated from high school two years ago.
• 6. They forced her off her homeland many years ago.
• 7. Those skirts went out years ago.
• 8. He stopped working some time ago.
• 9. She was hired three years ago.
• 10. Weir had Lasik surgery about 2 years ago.
• 11. Just two short years ago he was the best player in the country.
• 12. The pair of lions which were found five years ago were metallic.
• 13. There's no point wailing about something that happened so long ago.
• 14. How long ago did you buy it?
• 15. A few years ago jogging was the in thing.
• 16. Just a few days ago, I finished a commission.
• 17. Mrs. Roding's husband deserted her years ago.
• 18. We were divorced two years ago and she has since remarried.
• 19. The announcement was made a short time ago.
• 20. It was on TV not (so) long ago.
• 21. South America and Africa separated 200 million years ago.
• 22. She became a widow a year ago.
• 23. She gave up teaching three years ago.
• 24. two weeks/months/years ago.
• 25. The letter came a few days ago.
• 26. Some old people always hark back to how things were 30 years ago.
• 27. Is the same chairman still knocking around? I thought he had left years ago.
• 28. Your story calls to mind something that happened to me a year ago.
• 29. She adheres to teaching methods she learned over 30 years ago.
• 30. a short/long time ago.
• 31. You're out of luck ─ she left ten minutes ago.
• 32. I used to smoke but I gave up two years ago.
• 33. South America separated from Africa 200 million years ago.
• 34. A hundred years ago people scoffed at the idea.
• 35. It's different now than it was a year ago.
• 36. Just a few years ago the picture was very different.
• 37. He moved out long ago.
• 38. She died about two years ago.
• 39. I have a very sharp recollection of my last talk with him two years ago.
• 40. I learned long ago to avoid these invitations.
• 41. A certain number of years ago, this place was still a little fishing village.
• 42. He lost his youth a long time ago.
• 43. She was here just a minute ago.
• 44. The girl has grown prettier than ever since I saw her a year ago.
• 45. The houses were first slated for demolition five years ago.
• 46. He stopped working some time ago (= quite a long time ago) .
• 47. I used to do weight training years ago.
• 48. Jobs nowadays are much more insecure than they were ten years ago.
• 49. He joined the Army five years ago.
• 50. The family left town three years ago but moved back last week.
• 51. Their decision five years ago to computerise the company is now paying dividends.
• 52. The bus should have arrived ten minutes ago.
• 53. She first appeared on the screen ten years ago.
• 54. We only learned who the new teacher was a few days ago.
• 55. The country gained its independence ten years ago.
• 56. The house was pulled down long ago.
• 57. Food rationing was abolished in that country long ago.
• 58. New methods of production were employed a few years ago.
• 59. The meeting is the first since the war began 14 years ago.
• 60. They kicked off an hour ago.
• 61. He joined the force twenty years ago.
• 62. Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.
• 63. I saw Tom three days ago.
• 64. They played on varsity two years ago.
• 65. She joined the company three months ago.
• 66. They're getting married? It's not that long ago (= it's only a short time ago) that they met!
• 67. He was killed a few days ago in a skiing accident.
• 68. I just saw him a moment ago.
• 69. Why didn't you do it months ago?
• 70. The cost is about half as much again as it was two years ago.
• 71. He married his wife Jane 37 years ago.
• 72. She died ten years ago but her memory lives on.
• 73. I used to smoke, but I gave up a couple of years ago.
• 74. We went there a couple of years ago.
• 75. It happened almost exactly a year ago.
• 76. Standards in health care have improved enormously compared to 40 years ago.
• 77. He was married a little while ago.