How to Use yesterday in a Sentence

yesterday

noun
  • Let the rain wash away all the pain of yesterday.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 21 Sep. 2025
  • See more on our full live blog from yesterday.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 June 2026
  • A lot of talk about oil yesterday.
    — ABC News, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Your first day of school seemed like yesterday.
    — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 29 May 2026
  • The fire chief was just by yesterday.
    — Patrick Gomez, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Or like yesterday, when count didn’t clear on time.
    — Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • My colonoscopy is a week from yesterday.
    — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 25 Feb. 2026
  • So that fog yesterday was crazy, huh?
    — Jr Radcliffe, jsonline.com, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Know what time our shootaround was yesterday?
    — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
  • One guy yelled at me yesterday.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
  • That's about where shares closed yesterday.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 May 2026
  • Kelsey Plum said yesterday the league is stalling.
    — Chris Branch, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His lone hit yesterday came on a 69 mph grounder to third base.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The guys that pitched in the game today didn’t even get up yesterday.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • What was true yesterday may not be true today.
    — Bryce Hoffman, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But just yesterday, the stock market hit an all-time high.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • And it's not lost on us what happened yesterday.
    — Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Some of the quotes could have been written yesterday.
    — Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • That's about $6/b more than yesterday.
    — Bri Buckley, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The fountain, by the way, didn’t just dry up yesterday.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Sam was very tight-lipped about it until yesterday.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 1 June 2026
  • Have people call me that called me yesterday.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Feb. 2026
  • That is where all his clothing went yesterday.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The last apple dropped from our tree yesterday.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Prices for soybeans, corn and wheat all fell yesterday.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Three silvers and two bronzes were won yesterday.
    — Alex Connor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
  • France may even set a record for its hottest day ever — a mark that was just set yesterday.
    — Taylor Ward, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Let’s talk about who won some hardware yesterday.
    — Alex Connor, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Bell had the second-best car yesterday.
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2026
  • Just one more angled cut to convince you that all one length is so yesterday.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026

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