Sentence examples for earlier of from inspiring English sources

"earlier of" is not proper English
While "earlier" would be a completely acceptable word to use, it does not need an additional word to indicate a comparison. For example, you could say: "I prefer the earlier version of the song."

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Above you can see a photo he sent us earlier of the opera house before it filled up.

Steward spoke earlier of Tyson's conduct in recent fights.

"I'm thrilled to death," he said earlier of his success.

Mr. Livoti had been acquitted earlier of state charges.

The prime minister had talked earlier of an "extensive" reshuffle.

O'Leary had reminded us earlier of "those all-important numbers".

"If we're gonna wreck it," she'd said earlier, of the career, "we'd rather wreck it ourselves".

Ms. Pingree had died less than a week earlier of lung cancer at age 69.

"Does a soufflé rise twice?" he asked earlier of Andrew Peacock.

Deveson's very talented daughter Georgia Blain, a novelist, died only days earlier of cancer at 51.

We spoke earlier of the appetite in some circles for sequels.

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