How to Use account in a Sentence

account

1 of 2 noun

• We opened new accounts at a bank last week.
• I took out my money and closed my account.
• We always keep very good accounts.
• Every week, she puts a part of her paycheck into a separate account.
• You can withdraw up to $1,000 a day from your account.
• And the lyrics, by his own account, were a breeze to write.
  — Robbie Daw, Billboard, 14 Apr. 2023
• The free bets will show up in your account within three days.
  — Catena Media, al, 18 Dec. 2022
• All three have been busily adding to those accounts in the past six months.
  — John Wildermuth, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Dec. 2017
• This account is heavy on hearsay and so should be taken with a grain of salt.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune Crypto, 24 Feb. 2023
• The teens’ names have not been released on account of their age.
  — Fox News, 3 July 2020
• Four of the eight funds in the account were missing in both online and print statements.
  — Sarah Krouse, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2018
• There are a lot of things to take into account when picking the right flip flop for you.
  — Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
• Find the soundbar with the app, and register it to your account.
  — Christian De Looper, BGR, 13 June 2022
• The account appears to be run by Rahaf and her friends.
  — Jewel Wicker, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
• Those tools were used to take control of the high-profile accounts.
  — Margi Murphy, Fortune, 10 May 2023
• Does your mom need to live at the same address to share a streaming account or just be your mom?
  — Heather Kelly, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
• Closing accounts doesn’t help your scores and may hurt them.
  — Liz Weston, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2020
• Twitter is getting rid of fake accounts at a record pace.
  — Emily Stewart, Vox, 11 July 2018
• At this point, the officer's account is the only one to emerge.
  — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2019
• Those without an account would receive a paper check in the mail.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 29 Oct. 2020
• The account shares quotes from fellow grievers, as well as tips on how to cope with loss.
  — Juli Fraga, SELF, 29 Mar. 2021
• Take into account weight, both of the base and jar; plastic is the lighter option.
  — Becky Krystal, Twin Cities, 18 July 2019
• More footage and pics were later shared on other accounts.
  — Hanna Lustig, Glamour, 2 Feb. 2024
• The student who wrote this account could not be reached on Wednesday.
  — Yanan Wang, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
• Be sure to link your accounts for instant status perks.
  — Ramsey Qubein, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Dec. 2019
• The burner phone was linked to an email account, according to court records.
  — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
• The accounts would be for special-needs students and those who have been bullied.
  — John Raby, The Seattle Times, 20 Feb. 2019
• In fact, Moncrief got to shoot free throws on account of the initial foul.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
• The post has since been deleted, and Karine has made her account private.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
• Here, three things that stood out from the insider's account.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 19 Apr. 2019

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account

2 of 2 verb

• What the artist didn’t account for was the harshness of the Texas sun.
  — Emma Balter, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Sep. 2020
• But that alone does not account for the spike in cases.
  — Stephanie Innes, azcentral, 17 June 2020
• Maybe the Stephen Rosses of the world will be held to account.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 Feb. 2022
• The funding accounts for the full federal share of the project’s cost.
  — al, 11 Feb. 2020
• The fan vote accounts for 50% of the vote for starters.
  — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2024
• This may account for some of the racial differences in the new findings.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
• Speak up, speak out and hold those in power to account.
  — Vicky Spratt, refinery29.com, 26 May 2022
• But it’s the lovelorn who account for the most heart-rending cases.
  — John Keilman, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
• It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.
  — Olivia Harrison, refinery29.com, 8 Jan. 2021
• The hazard to watch is falling demand at the lower bands that account for the vast bulk of sales.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2022
• These combine to account for just under half of all hot car deaths.
  — Eric Levenson, CNN, 12 Aug. 2021
• How can the things that sparkle in the firmament be held to account for humans’ fleshy flaws?
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2017
• That being said, generic drugs account for the most use.
  — Lauren Dunn, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2022
• The prison has accounted for more than half the deaths in Columbiana County.
  — Keith Bierygolick, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2020
• The city has limited tools to bring high-risk drivers to account.
  — Luz Lazo, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• Lauderdale, but accounts differ as to whether or not the fliers stayed hidden in his car.
  — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 15 Feb. 2018
• To account for this, the helicopter slowed down over the most complex terrain.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2021
• This is trespassing and these people should be called to account.
  — Amy Dickinson, oregonlive, 25 Apr. 2023
• Of the two, India accounts for about two-thirds of the global supply.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 24 Oct. 2017
• Workers exposed on the job still account for a large number of her cases.
  — al, 12 July 2020
• Both rank among the top five of all time, not accounting for inflation.
  — Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2018
• This app fails to account for a user’s choice of settings or plan that may affect speeds.
  — Klint Finley, WIRED, 20 Aug. 2019
• Next, the media has been woefully late to hold Favre to account.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2022
• For those who managed to escape, there was a rush to account for friends and family.
  — Susan Berger, Washington Post, 4 July 2022
• Twitter accounts with legions of fishy followers are about to take a hit.
  — Ethan Millman, latimes.com, 11 July 2018
• What accounts for Glossier’s cult status at its height?
  — Becca Rothfeld, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• Both now account for a larger slice of revenue than a year earlier.
  — Zheping Huang, Bloomberg.com, 29 Mar. 2022
• That doesn’t account for those not killed by firearms, such as George Floyd.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 6 June 2020
• Russia and Ukraine account for less than 1% of our sales.
  — Lorraine Mirabella, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2022
• Fan accounts nabbed more footage from posts by other, less-famous guests at the shower.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024