Sentence examples for There were from inspiring English sources

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"There were" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to introduce a situation that existed at a past point in time. For example: "There were many people at the party last night."

Dictionary

There were

verb

Form of simple past plural

Exact(56)

There were.

The New York Times

There were wigs and there were prosthetics.

Independent

There were reprisals; there were firings.

The New Yorker

There were a lot.

The New York Times

There were no gifts.

The New York Times - Arts

There were statistics, affidavits.

The New Yorker

There were subsequent recriminations.

Independent

Similar(4)

And there are, there are.

The New York Times

THERE are settlers, and there are natives.

The Economist

Where there are minerals there is brass.

BBC

There is cigarette smoke; there is neon.

Los Angeles Times

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