Sentence examples for now a once from inspiring English sources

Now a once impeccable Mr Ma faces a formidable opponent for the presidency.

Now a once decent country is embracing the ugliest aspects of capitalism.

But in many ways, he is a symbol of America now, a once presumably safe haven that has been forced to tighten its belt, put up its guard, find new footing and stay afloat while lamenting its lost innocence in a time of terrorism.

Now, a once-fragmented opposition is starting to meld into a coherent front and is embarking on new efforts to remove Mr. Chávez from office.

"I used to think of golf as the worst kind of sport to play," said Harry Carson, the former Giants linebacker and now a once-a-week golfer.

It is the predictably desperate lead-in to a predictably desperate 24 hours of overcalculated corporate hijinks: April Fools', once a day of genuine merriment, is now a once-a-year excuse for brands to pull out all the stops and grovel for your posts and retweets.

Pictures now dominate a once text-heavy book.

"Come on, now," a neighbor once said to me.

Both sides agree that the country must now make a once-in-a-generation decision.

But the N.H.L. has now established a once-a-year spectacle.

Cameron went to Carlisle, which now has a once-in-a-hundred-years flood as regularly as the Olympics.