at one time

1. Simultaneously, at the same time, as in All the boys jumped into the pool at one time . For synonyms, see at once , def. 1; at the same time , def. 1.

2. Formerly, in the past, as in At one time very few houses in town were on the market .

Example Sentences

“It was the greatest persecution of Christianity at one time in one country in modern history, possibly in all of Christian history.”

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“If he’s a coachman, perhaps I’ve tended to his horses at one time or another,” he said uneasily.

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Almost everything made by humans, at one time or another, has been carried over the oceans.

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Few people know that, at one time, Vespa tried to build an everyday four-wheel car.

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"It's not one economic hit, it's a snowball of economic hits that people are feeling all at one time," said Libby Schneider, deputy executive director of the Democratic National Committee.

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Related Words

• already 
• formerly 
• heretofore 
• hitherto 
• once 
• then