soonest

How to use soonest in a sentence

• Those are happiest whose wounds heal soonest,—to whom a life-time grief is unknown.

  Alone | Marion Harland

• The dogs learn to which of the flock to communicate orders, at which heels a bark or a bite soonest sets the flock in motion.

  Introduction to the Science of Sociology | Robert E. Park

• Contractors said it couldn't be done; said nine or ten months at the soonest; couldn't see it any other way.

  The Turmoil | Booth Tarkington

• But after much thought he decided he would see Edith soonest by remaining at home, so he spent the summer in Chicago.

  A Girl Of The Limberlost | Gene Stratton Porter

• Try the freshness of eggs by putting them into cold water; those that sink the soonest are the freshest.

  My Pet Recipes, Tried and True | Various