PRIOR in a Sentence

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For PRIOR, below is one of 31 sentences:
I take it, that the earliest standers of mast-heads were the old Egyptians; because, in all my researches, I find none prior to them.

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 Meanings and Examples of PRIOR
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prior
 a.  preceding in the order of time; former; previous
Classic Sentence:
1  He was not naturally acute of perception, but those too much undervalued his understanding who deemed that this flattering compliment would obliterate the sense of the prior insult.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  But when churchman and layman, prince and prior, knight and priest, come knocking to Isaac's door, they borrow not his shekels with these uncivil terms.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIII
3  Her father asked him to do them the honour of taking his mutton with them, and Fanny had time for only one thrill of horror, before he declared himself prevented by a prior engagement.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
4  They purposed remaining in London only three days, prior to departing for some weeks to a distant part of the coast.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
5  That was all prior to my coming to Bath.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 21
6  I take it, that the earliest standers of mast-heads were the old Egyptians; because, in all my researches, I find none prior to them.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
7  She had never had a slave under her control previously to myself, and prior to her marriage she had been dependent upon her own industry for a living.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  In the next room sat the count and countess respectfully conversing with the prior, who was calling on them as old acquaintances and benefactors of the monastery.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII
9  As soon as the prior withdrew, Natasha took her friend by the hand and went with her into the unoccupied room.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER VIII
10  I wanted something to happen which might have the effect of freeing both Wuthering Heights and the Grange of Mr. Heathcliff quietly; leaving us as we had been prior to his advent.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
11  I am so sorry, dear Cecily, if it is any disappointment to you, but I am afraid I have the prior claim.
The Importance of Being Earnest By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In SECOND ACT
12  In the same inn there was a Benedictine prior who bought the horse for a cheap price.
Candide By Voltaire
Context  Highlight   In X
13  I abhor psalm-singers, I hate priors, I execrate heretics, but I should detest yet more any one who should maintain the contrary.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 8: CHAPTER III—MOTHER INNOCENTE
Example Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1  Cause, on the other hand, situates the causal agent prior to the event caused and so requires the to infinitive.
2  Although not essential, some prior knowledge of statistics is desirable.
3  My children have a prior claim on my time.
4  The course required no prior knowledge of Spanish.
5  The embryos were tested to determine their sex prior to implantation.
6  The society must give customers prior notice before changing the cost.
7  No action can be taken without the prior consent of the owner.
8  Nevertheless there are initial considerations that all participant observers make to some extent prior to entering and during fieldwork.
9  It's a pretty steep learning curve when you're thrown into a job with no prior experience.
10  The duty to protect my sister is prior to all others.
11  Passengers must fasten their seat belts prior to descent.
12  This task is prior to all others.
13  Commercial fridge and freezer units, which go by many other names, were in use for almost 40 years prior to the common home models.
14  Someone who writes an account of the times is a historian just as much as someone who concerns themselves only with the events prior to them.
15  All the arrangements should have been completed prior to our departure.