以下是使用「previous」造句的一些例子：
I had visited them three days previously.（我之前曾探訪過他們三天。）
The judge will take into consideration any previous convictions.（任何前科法官都將予以考慮。）
The car has only had one previous owner.（這輛汽車以前沒換過車主。）
Previously, glass had been seen as a craft rather than a precise science.（在此之前，玻璃被視為一種工藝，而非一門精確的科學。）
The previous guests lost it in the garden and I had to get another one made!（之前的遊客在花園把它（鑰匙）弄丟了，我不得不再配一把！）
Finally, tourism numbers may also be affected, as travellers become disillusioned with finding every place just the same as the one they visited previously.（最後，遊客數量可能也會受到影響，因為遊客發現每個地方都和他們之前去過的地方一樣，便不再抱有幻想。）