Sentence examples for a was once from inspiring English sources

Cygnus A was once thought to be two galaxies of comparable size in collision, but more recent ideas suggest that it is a giant elliptical whose body is bifurcated by a dust lane from a spiral galaxy that it recently swallowed.

Municipality A was once four municipalities, which merged in 1963.

A Miss was once a concubine or a common prostitute.

What today is a university was once a plantation.

What is now a nation was once a colony.

A MAP was once a sheet of paper.

A presidential loss was once a springboard.

Visiting a Spanish winery was once an experts-only affair.

She was once a dancer.

Yet, this was once a controversial procedure.

The mountain was once a garbage pile.