How to Use since in a Sentence

since

1 of 2 adverb
  • He left home two years ago and has since become a soldier.
  • She graduated four years ago and has since married.
  • Hilton has since found true love.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The case has since been closed.
    — Lilly Kersh, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • He's shot like five movies since!
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That rule has since been changed.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has since dropped the probe.
    — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The fire has since been put out.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • That has not been the same since.
    — Katie Sanders, Time, 22 May 2026
  • A lot has since changed in sports law.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Their cars has since been moved to a church spot.
    — Christine Sloan, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • He has since been banned from the league for life.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The Avs haven’t been the same since.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Much has changed in the 14 years since.
    — Scott Snowden, Space.com, 15 Feb. 2026
  • In the months since, the team has spread out across the state.
    — P.r. Lockhart, Hartford Courant, 9 May 2026
  • Volvo has not been the same since.
    — New Atlas, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The post has since been deleted.
    — Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • It’s been off to the races ever since.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz,alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
  • He has since been released on bond.
    — Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Ahmed has since added more muscle and size.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 12 June 2026
  • No one has in the decades since, either.
    — Chris Nashawaty, Entertainment Weekly, 13 June 2026
  • A lot has changed since, mostly costs.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • He has since been released from jail.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2026
  • His wife has since filed for divorce.
    — ABC News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • That tag team match has since been confirmed.
    — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The post has since been deleted.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The post has since been removed.
    — Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Those firings have since been paused in court.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • That post has since been deleted.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The account has since been closed.
    — Michelle Velez, CNN Money, 10 May 2026

since

2 of 2 preposition
  • Since the party, she has not spoken to him at all.
  • I haven't seen him since yesterday.
  • I haven't eaten since breakfast.
  • The company has been in its present location since the beginning of the century.
  • We've been waiting for you since 10 o'clock.
  • The protests against the protests have since spread – led by students of color.
    — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Social workers say most of them haven’t left the site since the search began.
    — Time, 30 June 2018
  • Five more senators have since added their names, but the bill hasn't yet gone anywhere.
    — Clifford Atiyeh, Car and Driver, 16 May 2019
  • The holder of the ticket has since gone to court to preserve her anonymity.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, NOLA.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Ben’s one of the few who’ve been with me since that first presidential campaign.
    — Bridget Read, Vogue, 13 July 2018
  • His play helped the Jaguars reach the playoffs for the first time since 2007.
    — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 4 Jan. 2018
  • Only one team since Creighton put up more than 70 on the Wildcats.
    — Carter Karels, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The video has since been taken down, though mirrors of it remain on YouTube.
    — Megan Farokhmanesh, The Verge, 1 June 2018
  • Overall, the film has made more than $700 million since opening.
    — Essence.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • Chestnut has since become the face of the sport, while his chief nemesis no longer competes in the gastro-throw down.
    — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 1 July 2019
  • This is the weakest region, which is justified since Virginia is the top seed.
    — Joe Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • As for the Hodges Small Cap Fund, its performance has since turned down.
    — Kirsten Grind, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2017
  • That's hard to believe now, since Kate is one of the busiest, hardest working people on the planet.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 23 Dec. 2018
  • The same theory could be applied to plenty of future items that Markle dons, or even past items that have since sold out.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 13 July 2018
  • And everything that could have gone wrong for Big Baller Brand in the two years since has indeed gone wrong.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 16 July 2019
  • Peyton was found as a stray in the Cole and Franklin area and has been a little timid at the shelter since her arrival.
    — idahostatesman, 26 Dec. 2017
  • Kylie Cosmetics launched two years ago and has since sold more than $630 million worth of makeup.
    — Lisa Lockwood | Wwd, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
  • The Pegasus has existed since 1990 but now flies less than once a year.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 4 June 2018
  • The cereal has been the subject of a recall since last month and has sickened 100 people.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 13 July 2018
  • The Royals have been on the brink of their first playoff appearance since 2006.
    — Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, 14 July 2018
  • And BioWare’s made some fixes since last weekend, including fixes to the servers that just would not stay up last week.
    — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, 1 Feb. 2019
  • Relatives of Till who have tried to get the case reopened since the release of the book, are grateful for the newfound efforts.
    — Jasmine Hardy, Essence.com, 12 July 2018
  • The short video has since taken the Internet by storm, though Maurice didn’t do it for the recognition.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 May 2018
  • The Giants haven’t had a great back in 12 years, since Tiki Barber retired.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 23 Apr. 2018
  • The plaintiff in the Los Angeles case has since died, and the verdict was overturned and a new trial granted.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2018

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