“It was over before it had even begun”
“The world had moved on and all that was over, done before fairly begun.”
“Love is a battle lost before even begun.”
“Back before her life had begun to unravel. Or before she knew it was unraveling.”
“Sometimes you are in the middle of your destiny before you even know it has begun.”
“The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.”