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Discover LudwigThe phrase "Once liked" is correct and usable in written English
You can use this phrase when describing something that was liked by someone or liked at some point in the past but no longer is, such as a person or thing that has gone out of favor. For example: "The actor was once liked, but his career has been in decline for the last few years."
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Maybe she associates her sister's reaction with a robin they once liked, not a turkey".
"I should tell you about this girl I once liked," he began tentatively.
And he often seemed to resemble the rivals he once liked to mock.
Today, Mr. Headley is an Islamic fundamentalist who once liked to get high.
He hated people for how they dressed; he hated books, even some that he had once liked; he hated himself.
(He had a lover he once liked, but at this point she gave nothing more than "good headache").
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Once, like everyone else, I thought….
She nodded, once, like a white schoolmarm.
I was once like you.
Butoh was once like that too.
Abusive priests were once like celebrities.
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