aforesaid

Example Sentences

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He is described as a man who had “poked his chin up sideways, carrying his nose with that aforesaid appearance of ‘sniff,’ as though despising an egg which he knew he could not digest.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It is established that from the aforesaid sum of 50,000 bottles of contaminated baby syrups, 41,462 bottles have been quarantined/seized... and 8,538 bottles remained unaccounted for,” the statement said, adding that investigations were ongoing.

From Reuters • Oct. 11, 2022

When an authoritarian leader's aura of invincibility fades, it can cause problems for the aforesaid leader.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2022

I must list them all to slight none: “A Good American Family,” by David Maraniss; “The Library Book,” by Susan Orlean; “The Dutch House,” by Ann Patchett; and my aforesaid goddaughter’s book.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2019

For the aforesaid fury of that stone could have derived from more than one cause.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton