SOON in a Sentence

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For SOON, below is one of 383 sentences:
Clark is expected to announce further details in the next few days, sources said, perhaps as soon as Thursday.

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 Meanings and Examples of SOON
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
soon
 ad.  in the near future
Classic Sentence: (202 in 14 pages)
1  "You will know that soon enough," replied a man with a hoarse voice.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
2  Despair had indeed almost secured her prey, and I should soon have sunk beneath this misery.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
3  The apparition was soon explained.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 1
4  He was soon borne away by the waves and lost in darkness and distance.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 24
5  My dear," she cried, "I'm going to give you this dress as soon as I'm through with it.
The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 2
6  If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Letter 1
7  Very soon, however, his look became keen and penetrative.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In III. THE RECOGNITION
8  It soon proved its efficacy, and redeemed the leech's pledge.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE INTERVIEW
9  I walked with a quick pace, and we soon arrived at my college.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
10  As for little Pearl, the earnestness soon passed out of her face.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XV. HESTER AND PEARL
11  I eagerly hope that you will confirm this intelligence soon in your own handwriting.
Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 6
12  By his own marriage, likewise, which happened soon afterwards, he added to his wealth.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 1
13  Her manners were attaching, and soon banished his reserve.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 3
14  I shall very soon think him handsome, Elinor, if I do not now.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
15  Yet it certainly soon will happen.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 4
Example Sentence: (181 in 13 pages)
16  Clark is expected to announce further details in the next few days, sources said, perhaps as soon as Thursday.
17  Places are strictly limited, so you should apply as soon as possible.
18  If you apply yourself to the job in hand, you'll soon finish it.
19  We didn't arrive so soon as we expected.
20  The letter is to the effect that he will soon arrive.
21  Her wide-eyed innocence soon exposes the pretensions of the art world.
22  As soon as you have drunk, you turn your back upon the spring.
23  The whole building was soon ablaze after the attack.
24  As soon as they found out I was a doctor their whole attitude changed.
25  He that is master of himself will soon be master of others.
26  There is concern that the giant panda will soon become extinct.
27  On this special day I send you New Year's greetings and hope that some day soon we shall be together.
28  Marry too soon, and you'll repent too late.
29  I soon realized that being tough was getting me nowhere fast.
30  Three things soon pass away; the echo of the woods, the rainbow, and woman's beauty.