1
: at some time in the future
I'll do it sometime.
2
: at some not specified or definitely known point of time
sometime last night
3
archaic
: in the past : formerly
4
archaic
: once in a while : occasionally
Examples of sometime in a Sentence
Adverb
We should get together sometime.
It's likely to happen sometime soon.
She will return from her trip sometime in December.
A burglar broke in sometime during the night.
The book was written sometime around the turn of the century.
Adjective
a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat
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Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Wilson, 25, of Chicago, was riding his bike south from Chicago on May 25, 2021, to Indianapolis Boulevard in Hammond sometime after 7:30 p.m. when a man in the back seat of an aquamarine Honda Odyssey opened fire on him, according to an affidavit.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2025
Kennedy’s close friend and sometime co-counsel Michael Tigar wrote in his own biography that Timothy later pointed a finger at Kennedy, calling him the mastermind, in order to seek revenge after their future falling-out.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
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Adverb
Only 23 himself, Abel was a first-round draft pick, 15th overall, in 2020 and is projected by MLB Pipeline to be big league ready sometime this season.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
Wilson, 25, of Chicago, was riding his bike south from Chicago on May 25, 2021, to Indianapolis Boulevard in Hammond sometime after 7:30 p.m. when a man in the back seat of an aquamarine Honda Odyssey opened fire on him, according to an affidavit.
—Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
Adjective
Berninger made the album with co-producer and sometime co-writer Sean O’Brien.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 11 Mar. 2025
Kennedy’s close friend and sometime co-counsel Michael Tigar wrote in his own biography that Timothy later pointed a finger at Kennedy, calling him the mastermind, in order to seek revenge after their future falling-out.
—Susannah Cahalan, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sometime
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“Sometime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sometime. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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