beforetime
Example Sentences
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Is this the beforetime for Johns, a memory of a time before he decided to be an artist, before he turned inward and began to live almost entirely in his head?
From Washington Post ● Sep. 29, 2021
Then a wonderful thing happened, for Miss Norton, beforetime the cold, self-contained, strict house mistress, dropped her mask of reserve, and, throwing a tender arm round Eric, began a tale of elves and fairies.
From A Patriotic Schoolgirl by Balliol Salmon
Whereas beforetime she had been easygoing, slack, and ready to shut eyes and ears to school-girl failings, she was now keenly vigilant and highly exacting.
From The Madcap of the School by Balliol Salmon
Thou shall thyself behold some of the mysteries touching which I have warned thee beforetime.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
She strayed out, as beforetime, into the woods; but their gloom was more intense, and the very birds seemed to grow sad with her melancholy musings.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by John Roby
