How to Use hitherto in a Sentence

hitherto

adverb
  • The scan probed hitherto unseen wounds in the back, shoulder blade and rib cage.
    — Christian Als, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • Mr Xi has amassed enough clout to push through reforms that have hitherto proved tricky.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • And that’s why the non-unicorns out there might just be the best bet to take your team to hitherto unimagined heights.
    — Mark C. Perna, Forbes, 18 Apr. 2023
  • In just 12 months, this hitherto unknown app has become one of the go-to places for shoppers who want to get the most bang for their buck.
    — Molly Peck, Journal Sentinel, 2 Sep. 2023
  • No class appears to be stirred so deeply as the great middle class, the real strength of the country and the hitherto solid prop of the monarchy.
    — Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2023
  • Some hitherto unseen footage from the film was played at the event, which also featured drummers and an a capella rendition of the theme song.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 June 2024
  • The camera, hitherto so calm, picks up speed, travelling beside him down the avenue, under falling snow.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Their food, hitherto held in high esteem, plunged in prestige in direct proportion to the influx of immigrants.
    — Joshua David Stein, Town & Country, 13 July 2017
  • In terms of story, the new season aims for a larger narrative scope hitherto unseen in previous outings of the show.
    — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 June 2022
  • New neural pathways, like lights on a grid, all switched on at once, an entire ecosystem, hitherto unknown, there to be discovered and ridden.
    — Abigail Rasminsky, Longreads, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Later something happens to Luke in the same place, miraculously granting sight to the hitherto blind teen.
    — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 11 July 2024
  • Trump, his allies, and his kin are guilty of degrading the language of government and politics to a hitherto unplumbed low.
    — Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 5 June 2018
  • Tacón, however, might think differently as this weekend is the start of a whole new chapter in their hitherto very short history.
    — SI.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Every fiscal year, boards should keep adding one new metric to their hitherto key metrics to stay on top of fast-changing technological trends.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • The problem is his relentless divisiveness, hitherto more damaging at home than abroad, is hurting his prospects.
    — The Economist, 3 July 2019
  • That’s a demo Prime Video originals had not hitherto delivered to the streamer.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2025
  • And while Johnson has hitherto been happy to tear up the norms of British political life, this is a tradition that will suit him very well.
    — Matt Wells, CNN, 28 Aug. 2019
  • In the pivotal Game 5, the Yankees socked their hitherto nemesis for four runs in 4 2/3 innings.
    — Brian Costa, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Norm, frankly, has had enough of all this weirdness and hacks the overseer’s terminal to send a message to the hitherto unseen overseer of Vault 31.
    — Jack King, Vulture, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Yet his behaviour has created an appearance of conflict, which was hitherto a sackable offence, and has not escaped the notice of foreign spies.
    — The Economist, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Bella is back in London and is to marry Max, and her ex-husband Alfie, hitherto unknown, turns up at the wedding to claim her.
    — Tony McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There appears to be an acrostic that has been hitherto unremarked upon and that is so resonant with its location in the text as to be very likely deliberate.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Some believe Smenkhkare may have been a brother to Tutankhamen or a hitherto unknown co-regent with Akhenaten.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
  • The stars also hold the film steady and emotionally credible when a hitherto sturdy screenplay, by the novice directors, makes some wild, wayward plotting moves in the home stretch.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Subscribers are learning to embrace these hitherto-unseen models of entertainment from the comfort of their homes, consuming hours of content in one to two sittings.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2019
  • In the sciences, AI advocates promise that AI will aid in curing hitherto intractable diseases.
    — Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Friday's historic encounter between North and South Korea gave a world leader who has hitherto shunned the foreign media more camera time than ever before.
    — Jamie Tarabay, CNN, 27 Apr. 2018
  • But more plantations are springing up while Kampot quality is rated as high as ever and hitherto slack markets, like the United States, are getting hooked on the spice.
    — Denis D. Gray, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2017
  • That troubling scene gives way to one set in an office, where, having prevailed over a man to win her job, the hitherto-sympathetic Marlene seems to be emulating some of the worst aspects of male behavior.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The actor persuades you to drop your guard and let the man’s unique, if nonetheless a bit bizarre, means of communication take you by the hand and lead you to hitherto unexpected emotional and attitudinal places.
    — Todd McCarthy, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2019

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