📒 used in negative sentences and questions, or sentences with if to mean ‘at any time’
- Nothing ever happens here.
- Don't you ever get tired?
- If you're ever in Miami, come and see us.
📒 used for emphasis when you are comparing things
- It was raining harder than ever.
- Consumers today have more choices than ever before.
- It's my best-ever score.
📒 all the time or every time; always
- Paul, ever the optimist, agreed to try again.
- She married the prince and they lived happily ever after.
- He said he would love her for ever (and ever).
📒 used after when, why, etc. to show that you are surprised or shocked
📒 used to emphasize that somebody does the same thing very often, usually in an annoying way
- All he ever does is grumble about things.
📒 used to show that you are surprised or shocked
- Did you ever hear anything like it?
📒 continuously since the time mentioned
- He's had a car ever since he was 18.
- I was bitten by a dog once and I've been afraid of them ever since.
📒 very; really
- He looks ever so smart.
- She's ever such a nice woman.
- It's ever so easy.
📒 used to emphasize that something is certainly true
- That was a disaster if ever there was one!
📒 used to emphasize something you are talking about
- ‘You must have been upset by that.’ ‘Was I ever!’
📒 sometimes used at the end of an informal letter, before you write your name