heretofore

That seems to have galvanized others who had heretofore been reluctant to publicly pressure someone they respect to make what even critics would concede is a difficult decision.

Perhaps, Trump will be under house arrest in the White House, something heretofore unimaginable.

Visible homelessness, drug abuse and untreated mental illness create a sense of anarchy that frightens our citizens and erodes public support that heretofore has been strong in Seattle and Washington state.

“We want to take the heretofore somewhat passive experience of going into a theater, and we want to expand that and give people a chance to do other things and have fun,” Brein said.

People laugh as a psychological defense mechanism when confronted by a reality that they cannot reconcile and resolve with their expectation of what they heretofore deemed to be normal.