How to Use last time in a Sentence

last time

noun
  • Calvin hadn't shown up last time.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Calvin hadn't shown up last time.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • What has changed since last time?
    — Mark Carey, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Tonight, the gift gave one last time.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 24 June 2026
  • And that wasn’t an easy process for me last time.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Chris Sale was sick his last time out.
    — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This was way worse than last time, stronger than last time.
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • And this is what happened last time.
    — Ailsa Chang, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Lindsay got out her wand one last time.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • At some point, there's going to be a last time.
    — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Bradley gave up four runs in five innings his last time out.
    — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the very people who didn't vote with us last time.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Stretch the dough one last time by pulling outward on the edges.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • One last time, the ball is tipped — or rather, the patty is flipped.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 4 Apr. 2024
  • That wasn’t the first or last time Shay was caught up with a big name.
    — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Were the subway posters in that same order last time?
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Alabama came away with the road win last time.
    — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Your favorite neighbors are back for one last time!
    — Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Water and turn your compost pile one last time.
    — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Let’s talk one last time about future product.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026
  • The non-diegetic theme song plays in the background one last time.
    — Delia Casadei, The Conversation, 31 May 2023
  • Of course there'll be a peaceful transfer, and there was last time.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Now, restart the console one last time, and the issue should be fixed.
    — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 12 June 2025
  • Gary Neal Johnson’s last time is now.
    — Kansas City Star, 21 Dec. 2025
  • So this last time was different.
    — Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • Wind out of the south-west, different from last time, steady and cool.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
  • In ‘24, their last time in first was May 11.
    — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But last time, at least, there were people around him who could control him.
    — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
  • As the morning picked up pace, we bakers ran through our recipes one last time.
    — Ruby Tandoh, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • And one last time before parting, the sweet notes of a flute waft through the air.
    — Ross Peleh, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024

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