past

[pæst]

Definition:
1. A earlier period in someone's life.
2. Gone by in time.
3. Happened or existed before the present time.
4. Belonging to an earlier time.
5. A verb tense that expresses actions or states in the past.

Use 'past' in a sentence:

1. She brushed past him.
2. It was past midnight.
3. He needed to make a complete break with the past.
4. An ambulance drove past.
5. We arrived at two o'clock and left at ten past.
6. It's time to let the past go.
7. A police car roared past.
8. Terrorism has gripped the country for the past two years.
9. I've had my fair share of success in the past.
10. The days seemed to race past.
11. The minutes dragged past.
12. People idealize the past.
13. He was well past retirement age.
14. The past two elections were inconclusive.
15. Her technique has improved a lot over the past season.
16. A truck tore past the gates.
17. He had a somewhat murky past.
18. I called out to him as he ran past.
19. When they finally arrived it was well past midnight.
20. Couples strolled past holding hands.
21. He has matured a great deal over the past year.
22. I haven't seen much of her in the past few weeks.
23. I've had my share of luck in the past.
24. Do you know how to form the past tense?
25. He drove past darkened houses.
26. We live just up the road, past the post office.
27. You have to use the past tense.
28. He just walked straight past us!
29. He should learn from the mistakes of the past. We have been here before.
30. In some sports you're past it by the age of 25.
31. Costs have been reduced by 20% over the past year.
32. Over the past year, the company has joined the big league.
33. In the past, about a third of the babies born to women with diabetes were lost.
34. The choir walked solemnly past.
35. We live in the house just past the church.
36. Constant streams of traffic flowed past.
37. They've held the championship for the past two years.
38. I arrived at half past ten.
39. He hurried past them without stopping.
40. Public attitudes towards marriage have shifted over the past 50 years.
41. I must be going home; it's way past my bedtime.
42. For the past three years they have been leading totally separate lives.
43. The past month has been really busy at work.
44. He didn't make it past first base.
45. She knew from past experience that Ann would not give up easily.
46. Heavy trucks kept thundering past.
47. The time is now half past ten.
48. The time for discussion is past.
49. Every time a bus went past, the windows rattled.
50. These flowers are long past their prime.
51. She's a past master at getting what she wants.
52. If you move forward a little, I can squeeze past.
53. They were gabbling on about the past.
54. Her letters conflate past and present.
55. She's long past retirement age.
56. Please let me past.
57. Swans went gliding past.
58. Three runners sprinted past.
59. She kept her past secret from us all.
60. They say she has a 'past'.
61. Many economists believe the worst of the economic downturn is past.
62. A week went past and nothing had changed.
63. He was close about his past.
64. I edged nervously past the dog.
65. Vroom! A sports car roared past.
66. If past experience is anything to go by, they'll be late.