at that point

1. Also, at that point in time. Then, as in At that point we had finished the first batch of cookies and begun the second. This phrase refers to a particular time when an event or circumstance occurred, as opposed to “now” (see at this point). [Second half of 1900s]

Example Sentences

Figures on people who come to the UK but are denied entry at that point and then leave the country are not included in the number of returns in this page.

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I was playing with boys at that point.

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At that point first-year Vancouver coach Jesper Sorensen was so confident of victory, he subbed out captain Thomas Muller.

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“The hilarious thing is, we thought everything was solved at that point, and we were going to be financially taken care of, and it would be all uphill from there,” Larsen says.

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There was a very progressive mayor in power at that point and he assembled a really interesting group of people in his city government.

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Related Words

• again 
• formerly 
• later 
• next 
• suddenly