How to Use noun in a Sentence

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  • Would like a noun here) pick up and drop things with the switch of a light.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 24 Jan. 2017
  • Would like a noun here) pick up and drop things with the switch of a light.
    Ben Panko, Smithsonian, 24 Jan. 2017
  • And if there are no nouns, then what is acting out the verbs?
    George Musser, Scientific American, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The term can be used as a noun or verb, depending on the sentence.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
  • The word can also be used as a noun to describe the spirit of cycling.
    Fluto Shinzawa, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2018
  • The word ‘wrong’ can be an adjective, a noun and a verb.
    New York Times, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Free isn’t a noun, as the stylebook points out, so doesn’t take a for.
    WSJ, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The adjective may be of greater importance than the nouns.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 7 June 2023
  • To be a citizen, in that framing of things, is to embrace the verb as well as the noun.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2018
  • The job of a relative pronoun is to head up a clause that modifies a noun.
    June Casagrande, Burbank Leader, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The problem is that the phrase itself is now being used as a modifier to a noun.
    Jakub Lamik, Forbes, 8 June 2022
  • Yet the logic of this prohibition taints any noun that refers to a person.
    Lionel Shriver, Harper's magazine, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The collective noun for cuckoos, by the way, is an asylum.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019
  • This is one of the rare big-brained small words that work equally well as a noun, a verb and an adjective.
    Damon Young, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Crew is a noun that means a group of people who row together: a rowing team.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Don't ask for a noun for Christmas, ask for a stroll or something like that.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 27 June 2023
  • Recently the word retreat has become more noun than verb.
    Nora Zelevansky, Town & Country, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Sly and his multiracial band at their peak, reminding you that funk is both a noun and a verb.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 June 2021
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is an eight-letter noun.
    WSJ, 7 July 2023
  • Failure is a noun that limits people to false ideas of final outcomes.
    Forbes Partner Releases, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • As a noun, pif is slang for nose, and au pif can mean randomly, roughly or off the top of your head.
    Dorie Greenspan, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Bien pensant can also serve as a noun for such a person.
    John E. McIntyre, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2017
  • The field of aviation is unique in that the women themselves have embraced their two-noun term—to a degree.
    Rachel Lance, Scientific American, 2 July 2020
  • Airbnb’s years of investment in its name as both a noun and a verb are now paying dividends.
    Laura Forman, WSJ, 1 June 2021
  • Long-term changes in the meaning of nouns, verbs and adjectives are also routine.
    The Economist, 20 Jan. 2018
  • As a result, Life of the Party doesn’t live up to either of the nouns in its title.
    Christopher Orr, The Atlantic, 11 May 2018
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a seven-letter noun.
    WSJ, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter plural noun.
    wsj.com, 12 May 2023
  • Blizzard clearly learned apologies from from someone who didn't know a lot about nouns.
    Wired, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The person is a noun, and a portion of their experience should be an adjective.
    Brianna Holt, Quartz, 15 Aug. 2019

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