How to Use main in a Sentence

main

1 of 2 noun

• Turn off the water at the mains.
• My radio runs either off batteries or off the mains.
• Just like at El Che, though, the meats and mains are the stars of the show.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 Feb. 2024
• With such a hearty main, there’s no room for much more on the menu.
  — David Tanis, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Rescuers broke the car's window to reach the main and pulled him out.
  — Janice Dean, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2020
• Grateful to the State Board of Canvassers in the main for doing their job.
  — NBC News, 24 Nov. 2020
• Shore power had been cut at 9:44 a.m. and the ship’s fire main had lost pressure.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2021
• The water bureau stated the pipe is a cast iron four-inch main installed in the 1950s.
  — oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2020
• Schulze said a 4-inch gas main was struck by a contractor, which caused the gas leak.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 July 2018
• And on the raging ocean main, Amid the stormy waves of death, And in the desert hurricane, And in the Plague’s pernicious breath.
  — The Economist, 4 June 2020
• Sanchez and Fausto have tossed around the idea of adding a whole grilled trout or other main to the Paradise menu.
  — Michael Russell, oregonlive, 2 Aug. 2022
• The rocket hit a gas main, and the blast reverberated through the city.
  — James Verini, New York Times, 19 May 2022
• The tremors of 1906 ripped gas mains throughout the city, causing flames to lash through its neighborhoods.
  — Rachel Swan, SFChronicle.com, 18 Apr. 2020
• Amy Jahns is a spokeswoman for We Energies, which owns the gas main.
  — Todd Richmond, chicagotribune.com, 12 July 2018
• Any hearty or savory main will go well with the simple yet bright nature of this corn dish.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
• Besides the glass, the streets were covered with water from broken mains.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2023
• Crews quickly isolated the main and shut off the water.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Dec. 2022
• The shifting earth has compacted the gas mains running north-south beneath the streets.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• And hearty soups or stews can serve as a delicious main your guests will be drooling over.
  — Abby Wilson, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2024
• The boat has four staterooms, including a full-beam main, and quarters for five crew.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 7 Jan. 2022
• Rey, the chief of the ready-to-wear atelier, interprets each and every sketch with the atelier’s petite mains.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2019
• Its 72 suites have fireplaces, kitchenettes and doors that separate your main from the kids' space.
  — Karen Cicero, Good Housekeeping, 19 Dec. 2022
• In an effort to space out the crowds, wings, shrimp and sides are the only mains offered on Mondays and Wednesdays for the time being.
  — Dominic Armato, azcentral, 20 Nov. 2019
• The utility said no gas readings were found in any of the buildings and no leaks were found on the Labyrinth Road gas main or services.
  — Daniel Oyefusi, baltimoresun.com, 10 Aug. 2020
• Thanks to sturdy greens, cheese, nuts, grains and more, these salads are fit to be a dinner main or a filling lunch.
  — Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2024
• The book has recipes categorized by breakfast, mains, sides, munchies, and sweets, as well as drinks.
  — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 28 Nov. 2023
• DiGiulio said there were four transmission mains in the area of Bakers Centre.
  — Joseph A. Gambardello, Philly.com, 3 July 2018
• In the first half of the 20th century Tokyo sank by four metres as Tokyoites not yet hooked up to mains water drained aquifers.
  — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
• The menu’s other two mains, skirt steak and wild coho, are grilled over oak with the same exactitude.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 25 Oct. 2018
• Elliott said those pipes are just a fraction of the cost of a sewer main, which can cost $1 million per mile just to install.
  — Dennis Pillion | [e-mail], al, 14 Mar. 2021

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main

2 of 2 adjective

• And now for the main event of the evening!
• Speed is the main advantage of this approach.
• This dish can be served as a main course or appetizer.
• The company's main office is located in New York.
• Paint the color of your choice to match the look of your main house.
  — Laura Kristine Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2023
• An entree is a course served between the first and main ones.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• Here are the three main takeaways from The Tribune’s series.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
• The election will not just be about the two main centrist parties.
  — Joao Lima and Henrique Almeida Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 13 Nov. 2023
• That’s my main focus, just to come here and just add on to what’s already good.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 9 Feb. 2024
• Darnold’s main job is to help prepare Purdy and the 49ers defense.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2024
• The dining room also flows into the 146-square-foot main kitchen.
  — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2023
• Within minutes, the boat’s main salon was in flames, the testing showed.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• The movie's three main characters all converge on a park to bird after a storm.
  — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• The mall is in the heart of San Francisco’s Union Square district, one of the downtown’s main shopping and tourist areas.
  — John Gittelsohn, Fortune, 12 June 2023
• There’s plenty of time spent on the three main brothers — Kevin, Kerry and David — and to a lesser degree on Mike.
  — Ed Symkus, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• Portions of Interstate 70, the state's main east-west highway, first closed as the storm moved in Wednesday night.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 16 Mar. 2024
• There is about 5,300 square feet of living space between the four-story main house and the two-story carriage house.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2023
• Our main question: Who’s the main linen purveyor in the Boston airport?
  — Claire Brito, House Beautiful, 28 July 2023
• For a main course there was chicken cooked on the bone for flavor, with eggplant caponata and provolone ($24).
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2024
• But if hitting your steps is your main goal, an under-desk treadmill might be the better call.
  — Sabrina Talbert, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
• Another series with Lyles as a main character is in the works, as well.
  — Andrew Greif, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• But clearing the 1,200-foot area between the two pillars that supported the bridge’s main span will be enough to reopen the port to traffic.
  — Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN, 29 Mar. 2024
• In addition to the three main reception rooms, there’s a dining room, a study, and a kitchen with views towards the garden.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2023
• The overlook is one of the park's main attractions and is at an elevation of 5,200 feet, according to the NPS.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2023
• Then two dancers driving down a main strip in Kansas City saw a disheveled man walking along the sidewalk.
  — Matt Kempner, ajc, 23 June 2023
• One of my main takeaways from going to the Paris shows for the first time this year was to see the wide range of Parisian style and how its youngest fashion lovers interpret it.
  — Irene Kim, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
• Not to mention, so many have dreamy main streets—the kind usually reserved for Hallmark movies.
  — Rose Marie Walano, Country Living, 9 Aug. 2023
• Inside, the two-bed main pad has a lot going on design-wise and is almost as quirky as the Friends apartment itself.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 1 Nov. 2023
• Guzman’s office was in the two-story City Hall on Westward Drive, the city’s main street with a town circle and one traffic light.
  — Theo Karantsalis, Miami Herald, 22 Feb. 2024
• There are generally three main types of patents granted by most patent offices around the world: 1.
  — Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 23 June 2023

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