no sooner
idiom
—used to emphasize the short time in which something happens
I had no sooner walked through the door when the phone rang.
No sooner did I walk through the door than the phone rang.
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Yet no sooner had that €8.5 million ($9.69 million) move been made official than another switch was agreed.
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Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The conclave The conclave to elect the next pope can start no sooner than 15 days after the previous pope’s death (which would be May 6), though the exact date will be determined by cardinals in the days ahead.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Darvish will need at least a few full-intensity turns in the bullpen and some combination of two or three minor-league starts and simulated games before returning, which means his season debut would come no sooner than mid-May.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Filming was delayed by two years due to the pandemic and no sooner had the cameras started rolling in 2022 than the movie’s leading lady Rachel Zegler slammed the story in the 1937 animated classic.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
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Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025
The conclave The conclave to elect the next pope can start no sooner than 15 days after the previous pope’s death (which would be May 6), though the exact date will be determined by cardinals in the days ahead.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
Darvish will need at least a few full-intensity turns in the bullpen and some combination of two or three minor-league starts and simulated games before returning, which means his season debut would come no sooner than mid-May.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Filming was delayed by two years due to the pandemic and no sooner had the cameras started rolling in 2022 than the movie’s leading lady Rachel Zegler slammed the story in the 1937 animated classic.
—Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for no sooner
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“No sooner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20sooner. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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