How to Use already in a Sentence

already

adverb
  • I'd already left by the time you called.
  • Do you have to go already?
  • They've already agreed to come.
  • He acted as if he didn't already know.
  • Have they arrived already?! I'm still not dressed!
  • All the things have already been built.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Apr. 2026
  • That process is already in place.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Some cuts have already been made.
    — CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • She's paid a very high price already.
    — Romina Ruiz-Goiriena, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
  • You're already closed for four days.
    — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Our to-watch list is already a mile long…and about to get longer.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2022
  • My point is that the House already passed a bill.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • So, my point is that the House already passed a bill.
    — CBS News, 7 June 2026
  • Liu said 35 states already have a state rock.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • Her first name wouldn’t change, and her last name is already the same as mine.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Connor had the whole thing already set up.
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 13 Feb. 2026
  • But act fast because pieces are already low in stock.
    — Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 13 Feb. 2026
  • There are already a few weddings on the books for this fall.
    — Beth D'addono, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Taylor has already won three of four.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • So chatbots already have a death toll.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
  • For many students, the changes are already deeply felt.
    — Monique John, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And this seems to have already begun.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Cord-cutters already know how to watch.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Vazquez was already known to police.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
  • Some changes are already taking place.
    — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • So the virus took the long way around, and its southern route was already on the record.
    — John Drake, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The Illini are in full game-prep mode already.
    — Ryan Baker, CBS News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Summer and pool season are already too short for many of us.
    — Brad Moon, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Early on, Rollins was already in his head.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • There was already good reason not to believe this at the time.
    — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 22 July 2022

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