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'early' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'early' with 20 example sentences.


early adjective

: belonging to the distant past

: very young

: expected in the near future

: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

: being or occurring at an early stage of development

: of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

early adverb

: during an early stage

: before the usual time or the time expected

: in good time


  • I left early to avoid the rush hour traffic.
  • We'll eat dinner early today.
  • I want to go to bed early.
  • Yesterday I woke up early.
  • He arrived earlier than usual.
  • They were glad they got there early.
  • Why did she come here so early?
  • Why didn't you call me earlier?
  • She woke up early this morning.
  • I'm going home early today.
  • Ellen was so tired that she went to bed early.
  • What is your earliest memory from childhood?
  • Birds usually wake up early in the morning.
  • Don't celebrate too early.
  • Although it was still early, it was already hot outside.
  • Night comes early in January.
  • I think that it's too early to go home.
  • You should start as early as possible.
  • Today we are closing earlier.
  • I left work early and went straight home.
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