How to Use own in a Sentence

own

1 of 2 adjective

• The Chiefs score one of their own, when Isiah Pacheco breaks away for a 21-yard run.
  — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2023
• But Douglas heard a single and the Monkees made the song their own.
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 7 Jan. 2024
• Carafes are everywhere, but this one’s in a league of its own.
  — Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
• In his garage, Webster made a few of his own W’s for the beginning of the 2014 season.
  — Katie Knight, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2024
• Mara Roszak Next, Roszak used products from her own line, Roz.
  — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2024
• But the Wildcats more than held their own, grabbing just three fewer boards (43-40) than the hosts.
  — The Courier-Journal, 6 Jan. 2024
• Cartagena also added 18 of her own in the win over Mesquite.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
• In Damsel, Elodie tries to escape the conventions of her own story.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
• Debbie Rowe and have three children of his own before his death in 2009.
  — Maggie Kreienberg, Peoplemag, 13 Jan. 2023
• Iyanla Vanzant has learned to use her own teachings to cope with the death of her daughters.
  — Alexis Jones, Peoplemag, 15 Nov. 2023
• The right-wing media will be out there promoting Trump’s lies and telling their own lies about Biden.
  — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Sep. 2023
• Then a contact card with your email and phone number may pop up on your own device.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 27 Nov. 2023
• Ruben Gallego added a social media message of his own at the time.
  — Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• As for the cat lovers, don’t worry – plenty of the members’ relatives own cats of their own.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 24 Feb. 2024
• For Worthington, who has three sons of his own, this resonates.
  — Thelma Adams, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
• But why should the oil merchant, or the wine merchant, or the cloth merchant have to suffer on their own for a decision made by the crew?
  — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
• Haley is poised to keep raising - and spending - money of her own.
  — Sarah McCammon, NPR, 24 Feb. 2024
• Housing experts agree there are not enough homes available to rent or own compared to the demand.
  — Anna Bahney, CNN, 19 Mar. 2024
• Hilton has been open about her own experience of abuse as a teenager.
  — Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 27 Nov. 2023
• Bautista leads the group of home invaders convinced that if the family doesn't choose one of their own to sacrifice, the world will come to an end.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2023
• Turns out, Sperry was admiring her own gift on her pal!
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 21 Dec. 2023
• Connecticut has its own law that caps out-of-pocket prices for insulin at $25 per month.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 Jan. 2023
• As a result, turning the camera on himself in a film about his own father posed a new challenge for him.
  — Savina Petkova, Variety, 7 Mar. 2024
• The Patriots’ own starting quarterback, Mac Jones, a former first-round draft pick, was benched, and not for the first time.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• My own long locks have shed for over 20 years — on my sweatshirts, pillows, the floor, and excessively down the shower drain.
  — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2023
• My own family has suffered – and continues to grieve over – the loss of a young person to suicide.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Clear has a great example of a negative eating habit from his own life.
  — Saira Mueller, WIRED, 1 Jan. 2023
• His is one of the best stories in sports, and a journey of growth that everyone can appreciate and maybe even use in their own lives.
  — Joseph Goodman | [e-mail], al, 23 Jan. 2023
• Trump's visit to South Carolina comes as two of the state's top Republicans mull 2024 bids of their own.
  — Arkansas Online, 13 Jan. 2023
• The two also took tens of millions of public school dollars for their own personal use.
  — Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Nov. 2023

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own

2 of 2 verb

• He owns the rights to the band's music.
• The couple owns and operates the business.
• We hope to someday own our own home.
• She drives a red truck that was originally owned by her grandfather.
• After everyone else denied any responsibility, he owned that he was at fault.
• Ato Wright, 44, owns a small farm there and also works as an agent.
  — Emmanuel Akinwotu, NPR, 25 Feb. 2024
• Socks are a closet must-have one can never own enough of.
  — Ali Faccenda, Travel + Leisure, 28 June 2023
• My Aunt Jackie owned a huge house the size of a ranch in Los Angeles.
  — Ikechúkwú Onyewuenyi, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Then there’s the county’s 2019 deal to sell its half of the Coliseum — the city of Oakland owns the other half — to the A’s.
  — East Bay Times Editorial, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2024
• Later in the 16th century, the property is thought to have been owned by George Nevill.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 15 June 2023
• Hawaii is no stranger to extravagant homes owned by the super-rich.
  — NPR, 31 Mar. 2024
• The National Park Service owns the birth home of the late civil rights leader.
  — Jolie Lash, ABC News, 8 Dec. 2023
• China owns all giant pandas in the United States and leases them to zoos.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2023
• Matthews’ mom, the singer said, still proudly owns a photo of her son with Nelson high on Nelson’s bus.
  — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
• The proportion of homes owned by people over 65 is now at a record high - and those people are now less inclined to sell.
  — E. J. Antoni, National Review, 21 Oct. 2023
• Beat the Browns, regardless of who's playing The Browns have owned the season series with the Bengals the past four seasons with a 7-2 record.
  — Jason Hoffman, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2024
• Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, declined to comment on the record.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2023
• Dominating the present and owning the future are no longer enough for her.
  — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 10 July 2023
• One of the wedding guests owned a children’s boutique in Los Angeles and asked Ms. Getty to make more.
  — Jessica Testa, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Chef Terry, who not only runs the restaurant on a culinary level but also owns it, goes unseen for most of the episode.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
• But planning for the development of the largest parking lot, owned by the state and just to the west of the one Spinnaker may purchase, is already underway.
  — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
• In fact, some lucky gardeners own plants their great-grandparents grew!
  — Lynn Coulter, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2023
• The blue shelves are set off by the dusty gold sofa, shiny gold sconces, and a large cowboy painting formerly owned by her husband's parents.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2023
• That is something in our philosophy: to be able to go towards the goal, not to own the goal day one, basically.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 28 Nov. 2023
• Wade Hammond, a prominent civil rights leader in Phoenix, also owned the home for a time.
  — Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 6 Jan. 2024
• Better yet, the layer is made to counter slipping, which is an important factor to own since for flip-flops, there are only straps to keep your feet in place.
  — Maverick Li, Men's Health, 2 Aug. 2023
• The residence, built in 1929, was the only home the starlet owned independently.
  — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Steve went on to marry Ella Hendershot, whose family owned a house almost across the street from us.
  — Corky Carroll, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
• Growing up in Malaga, Galan’s parents owned three restaurants.
  — Nicole Kagan, BostonGlobe.com, 27 June 2023
• Altman’s also Reddit’s third-largest shareholder and owns more than twice as many shares as Huffman.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 24 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024