How to Use previous in a Sentence

previous

adjective
  • She has a child from a previous marriage.
  • The two characters met in a previous chapter.
  • That’s down one spot and 11 points from the previous week.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2023
  • Nedeljkovic was just one of the changes from the lineup that had won the previous two games.
    — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Click here to view previous episodes of the San Diego News Fix.
    — Kristy Totten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The save from Sarabia in the previous game is, Pyzdrowski believes, the best of the three.
    — Matt Woosnam, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Watch it here, along with previous episodes of the series to catch you up.
    — Billboard Staff, Billboard, 12 Aug. 2022
  • In my two previous films there was a lot of nature and the forest.
    — Martin Dale, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • This year is on track to more than double the previous record, which was last year.
    — Harry Enten, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
  • So there are things that are back [from previous films].
    — Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
  • That’s up $2 from the previous top-end Paramount+ package.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Mitchell has missed five of the previous six games because of a groin injury.
    — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
  • The previous record of four has only been achieved by Harry Styles, Adele, and Blur.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Unlike the previous regime, the Chargers have stayed with the ground game, even though it’s appeared to be a slog at times.
    — Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
  • But for this year's crop of new grads, finding work might not be as hard as in previous years.
    — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 17 May 2023
  • To find the full list of previous Powerball winners, click the link to the lottery's website.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2024
  • To find the full list of previous Powerball winners, click the link to the lottery's website.
    — Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024
  • To find the full list of previous Powerball winners, click the link to the lottery's website.
    — Ahjané Forbes, USA TODAY, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The hazy-for-days brew didn't have an easy path to the title by any means, taking on two previous champs in back-to-back weeks.
    — The Enquirer, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Skip to the next and previous photo by typing j/k or ←/→.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2024
  • All three of the Volunteers’ previous games against Pitt were played in Knoxville.
    — Mark Inabinett | [email protected], al, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The previous worst was sixth at the 2002 world championships.
    — Tim Reynolds, ajc, 24 Feb. 2023
  • The players in previous years did not compete in the other format, so the league changed it.
    — Zach Harper, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
  • To read the results of previous reader polls, click here.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 17 Feb. 2025
  • His building still holds the scars of previous wars and battles that Derna witnessed in the past decade.
    — Sarah El Sirgany, CNN, 23 Sep. 2023
  • There have been three previous Super Bowls in the Phoenix metro area, which is key to the comfort level of planning the event.
    — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 21 Oct. 2022
  • The very first two shots in the episode actually are from previous episodes.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 15 Aug. 2022
  • For the previous four years, Grisham was the starting center fielder for the San Diego Padres.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Again, real wages down 15 years in a row under the previous policy, and that's why Americans voted for him.
    — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2025

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