ago

[əˈɡoʊ]

Definition:
1. 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.