Sentence examples for sooner have been from inspiring English sources

The framers would no sooner have been governed by a democratically elected president than by a king who got his job through royal succession.

As Viereck's friend the historian Clinton Rossiter put it in his 1955 study "Conservatism in America": "After generations of exile from respectability, the word [conservative] itself has been welcomed home with cheers by men who, a few short years ago, would sooner have been called arsonists than conservatives".

So far, though, the only passes he has thrown for touchdowns against the Sooners have been interceptions.

Considering that Oklahoma has won the past four games, including last year's 65-13 blowout, it is understandable that the Sooners have been able to poach top recruits from talent-rich Texas.

Raising interest rates sooner would have been politically difficult, and perhaps impossible.

That would lighten Walmart's tills by $6.5 billion.Walmart's decision not to alert the authorities sooner may have been a gamble.

"If it had been done sooner, it would have been released sooner," he said.

If this had been done sooner, it would have been far less costly in every way.

If only the wife had died sooner, there could have been a happy ending.

If I had known a little sooner I might have been able to rearrange my schedule".

"Any sooner, I would have been paralyzed by the need to Give a Performance.