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Example sentences for "heretofore"

Lexicographically close words:
hereticks; heretico; heretics; heretike; hereto; hereunder; hereunto; herevnto; herewith; heri
  1. The daily programmes were well printed and on hand early every morning--a most important point, not always heretofore attained.

  2. No serious attempt has heretofore been made to reform this system of using public funds for the subsidizing of private charities.

  3. Heretofore enjoying the monopoly in the district, he was now in danger of meeting an obstacle in his onward course.

  4. Miller called to converse with him on subjects that heretofore occupied his whole attention.

  5. My men have fled together to me to be protected from arrest and prosecution, for what they have heretofore done, not because they intend further to attack the government.

  6. As I observed above, he had heretofore but vaguely taken notice of Desire, as she had sat silently near by.

  7. From such a treaty no result could be anticipated but the same irritating disappointments which have heretofore attended the violations of similar treaty stipulations on the part of Mexico.

  8. Severe commercial revulsions abroad have always heretofore operated to depress and often to affect disastrously almost every branch of American industry.

  9. This is the middle ground of compromise, upon which the different sections of the Union may meet, as they have heretofore met.

  10. In the future prosecution of the war the enemy must be made to feel its pressure more than they have heretofore done.

  11. The vast importance and commercial advantages of California have heretofore remained undeveloped by the Government of the country of which it constituted a part.

  12. The modifications in some of the details of this measure, involving none of its essential principles, heretofore recommended, are again presented for your favorable consideration.

  13. It is true that the service is now, in the main, efficient, but a standard of excellence cannot be permanently maintained until the principles set forth in the bills heretofore submitted to the Congress on this subject are enacted into law.

  14. The most important change called forth in Luther by his encounters with the fanatics was an increasing disinclination to appeal as heretofore to any extraordinary divine illumination or inspiration of his own.

  15. The eyes of the lion did not turn in the direction of the spears, as they heretofore did when the animal was ordered to the rescue, but settled in a sombre manner on Brinton, whom the beast began gradually to approach.

  16. We have heretofore referred to a similar phenomenon in Indiana.

  17. The positions we have heretofore occupied have been reversed, and mind now dominates.

  18. The characters of romance, the statues on cathedrals, the figures in missals, had been heretofore slender or slim, or awkward or stiff; especially those produced by the English.

  19. Prospect for employing more females than heretofore is not flattering.

  20. The number of women and girls employed in our establishment heretofore has been variable, averaging perhaps thirty.

  21. It is as much as I could do heretofore to glide through; it is the size of the tunnel of a chimney.

  22. Heretofore his life had been very similar to that of his Bohemian companions.

  23. By putting yourself at the head of the partisans of your royal uncle, James Stuart; forgetting the dissensions which have heretofore separated you, for the king no longer desires to see in you other than his worthy nephew.

  24. The chevalier, in spite of his blind faith in his destiny, which, according to him, was to become as beautiful as it had heretofore been miserable, believed himself at times in a dream.

  25. It has hardly seemed proper to her heretofore to be as beautiful in the public gaze as in the sanctuary of her boudoir.

  26. Even heretofore society has been an organism that developed in accordance with definite, inherent laws.

  27. What had heretofore been done by the ~plants~ would henceforth be done by ~industry~, and the products of industry would be more perfect than those of nature.

  28. Even heretofore society could not be guided and directed by single individuals, although it sometimes appeared so.

  29. Heretofore David had been to her in the light of her sister’s lover, a young man of promise, but that was all.

  30. She saw like a flash how Kate could give up her gay life, her home, her friends, everything that life had heretofore held dear for her, that she might be by the side of the man who loved her so.

  31. The symptoms manifested by the subject in such cases are the same as have been discussed heretofore and merit no special consideration.

  32. Detailed discussions of symptomatology in similar conditions have heretofore been given, and further repetition is unnecessary.

  33. The iodin-glycerin combination heretofore mentioned may be applied and the parts covered with cotton and bandage.

  34. Where such injuries occur, however, a diagnosis is established by making use of the principles heretofore discussed.

  35. The margins of the wound were cleansed as heretofore described, a drainage was provided surgically, tincture of iodin was injected and the wound was covered with equal parts of boric acid and exsiccated alum.

  36. Tincture of iodin was injected; the wound was bandaged and dressed for a month in the manner heretofore described, when all discharge had stopped.

  37. A four-year-old bay mare having a wire-cut which opened the tarsus joint was treated as heretofore described.

  38. He felt for her a tenderer regard than had heretofore warmed his heart, as he strolled through the rooms and listened to her sweet, penetrating voice.

  39. If you can, it will be the easiest thing in the world, after you come back, and get the handling of a little more money in your right than has heretofore been the case, to return the little loan.

  40. He had been careful heretofore to give only verbal promises, through his ministers.

  41. Men of letters began to share in those honors which heretofore had belonged exclusively to men of war; and the arts of peace began to claim consideration with those who had been accustomed to respect only the science of destruction.

  42. I have published it heretofore in extended form, though not in the press.

  43. The extension of the free-delivery service as suggested by the Post-master-General has heretofore received my sanction, and it is to be hoped a suitable enactment may soon be agreed upon.

  44. All the vessels heretofore authorized are under contract or in course of construction except the armored ships, the torpedo and dynamite boats, and one cruiser.

  45. Upon a review of the evidence taken it appears to be well established that any disability of the beneficiary heretofore existing was no attributable to his military service.

  46. I adhere to the sentiments thus heretofore expressed.

  47. I am informed that his management of this office has removed much of the opposition to his appointment which heretofore existed.

  48. Let us but work together as heretofore; and I trust each of us shall be found doing the work of a faithful servant to that good old cause for which we have heretofore drawn the sword.

  49. Nor are there other indications wanting to lead to the hope that this tribe may yet be found to be capable of yielding to influences to which they have heretofore been strangers, namely, Justice and Kindness.

  50. Heretofore the poor thing had not shed any tears; but now that she found herself received, and at least temporarily established, the big drops began to ooze out from beneath her eyelids as if she were full of them.

  51. He saw himself in imminent peril of losing all that had heretofore distinguished him; and, conscious of no innate worth to fall back upon, he recoiled from this calamity with the instinct of a soul shrinking from annihilation.

  52. Being done with a good deal of taste, it made her look more charming than I should have thought possible, with my recollection of the wan, frost-nipt girl, as heretofore described.

  53. Zenobia was attired, not in the almost rustic costume which she had heretofore worn, but in a fashionable morning-dress.

  54. She might have heretofore existed, or her thin substance might have been moulded out of air at the very instant when they first beheld her.

  55. Go on before," said Priscilla abruptly, and with true feminine imperiousness, which heretofore I had never seen her exercise.

  56. The environment of the homely village hall, and the absence of many ingenious contrivances of stage effect with which the exhibition had heretofore been set off, seemed to bring the artifice of this character more openly upon the surface.

  57. Each stroke of the hoe was to uncover some aromatic root of wisdom, heretofore hidden from the sun.


  58. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "heretofore" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    already; before; beforetime; earlier; early; ere; erstwhile; heretofore; historically; hitherto; late; once; past; preceding; previously; recently; still; then; yesterday; yet