aforehand
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of aforehand
Example Sentences
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Mrs. Holton said, “They didn’t say nothing aforehand ’cause they was afeared your ma woulda run with you.”
From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis
If I’d-a thought ’bout it aforehand, I’d-a probably figgered all of that moving going on outside would keep me wide awake, but it was jus’ the opposite.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
She hath done what she could; she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying.
From The Book of Common Prayer and The Scottish Liturgy by Episcopal Church in Scotland
She hath done what she could; she is come aforehand to anoint My body to the burying.
From To The Work! To The Work! Exhortations to Christians by Dwight Lyman Moody
Saying aforehand what Old Shark will hit is like saying it will rain on the seventh of May two years from now.
From The Black Fawn by James Arthur Kjelgaard
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