Examples of 'was once' in a sentence

Meaning of "was once"

This phrase is often used to refer to a situation or state of being that existed at a past time but is no longer the case. It indicates that something or someone previously held a particular status, role, or quality, but has since changed or evolved

How to use "was once" in a sentence

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Sushi was once served the same way.
Hard to believe that was once your property.
She was once involved with a triad boss.
The man he sacked was once a friend of his.
It was once righteous but now it houses murderers.
What now is proved was once only imagined.
There was once a man who planted a vineyard.
This vast lagoon was once a salt pan.
She was once they made her one.
Although some believe it was once a prehensile thumb.
He was once the deputy transportation administrator of colombia.
That giant eye was once a young man.
I was once married to a dame like that bridge.
One of my men who was once my secretary was in court.
I was once taken bending down tying my laces.

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They say she was once his mistress.
I was once the best speller in the land.
Somewhere in what was once the soviet union.
He was once someone we all loved and admired.
And perhaps he was once but not now.
What was once so fresh has become formula.
I do not give a shit if she was once fat.
Britain was once the powerhouse of the world.
You still remember she was once a whore.
This island was once filled with ornithologists.
I would just like him to be mine as he was once.
That he himself was once contracted to kill him.
I was once in the vicious clutches of wild animals.
To look at that face that was once so beautiful.
The sky was once filled with them.
We fight to get back what was once ours.
This temple was once filled with worshippers.
My father had a proverb he was once fond of.
This house was once my pride and joy.
Was once again a year of very solid financial results.
The general was once a guest in our home.
I always think that he was once some.
What was once a wish is now a functioning reality.
Hard to believe this was once a great city.
Earth was once the planet of the trilobites.
It was determined that she was once again pregnant.
Like i was once on venice beach and i am jogging.
None of our branches was once mugged yet.
But it was once the figurehead of a slave ship.
Perhaps our dear pet was once eaten as a carp.
I was once the prettiest pine in the forest.
The car that was once a submarine.
He was once their servant but ran away.
As if everything that was once wrong came rushing back.
He was once a scientist who specialised in human evolution.

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