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'earlier' in a sentence

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earlier adjective

: (comparative and superlative of `early') more early than; most early

earlier adverb

: earlier in time; previously

: comparatives of `soon' or `early'

: before now


  • Did you see the sunrise earlier? It was really beautiful.
  • For some reason the microphone didn't work earlier.
  • He arrived earlier than usual.
  • Why didn't you call me earlier?
  • Today we are closing earlier.
  • We should've come earlier.
  • They were here earlier, weren't they?
  • The meeting ended earlier than usual.
  • I wish you had told me this earlier.
  • The sun rises earlier in the summer.
  • I have to leave earlier today than usual.
  • Why didn't you tell me about that earlier?
  • One minute earlier, and they could have caught the bus.
  • These flowers bloom earlier than others do.
  • I got back home earlier than I thought I would.
  • Had I arrived earlier, I could have seen Kelly.
  • I wanted to finish this earlier.
  • I ate lunch earlier than you did.
  • I was thinking about you earlier today.
  • She wished she had been born twenty years earlier.
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