How to Use crucial in a Sentence

crucial

adjective

• Teachers are crucial to the success of the school.
• She played a crucial role in the meeting.
• Vitamins are crucial for maintaining good health.
• It's crucial that we arrive before 8 o'clock.
• Each game down the stretch is crucial for the Chargers.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2022
• This year is a crucial time to build trust and gain leads.
  — Erik Huberman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• The youth played a crucial role; 44% of voters were under the age of 35.
  — Ayesha Jalal, The Conversation, 11 Feb. 2024
• Hanks, 52, has been on the job less than a month and steps in at a crucial time.
  — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 1 Oct. 2020
• In fact, the word is a way of distracting from one of the crucial jobs at hand.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 4 May 2017
• One of the most crucial aspects of dressing like a boss?
  — Maya McDowell, Marie Claire, 28 Oct. 2019
• The 2024 elections will be the crucial next pulse check in this regard.
  — Martin Reeves, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
• The first five days of Derreumaux’s trip will be crucial.
  — Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2021
• And James was crucial in guiding me through all of that.
  — Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 5 Oct. 2022
• So the robot will need to handle the most crucial tasks on its own.
  — Kurt Kleiner, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Mar. 2022
• Those were big games, and this next stretch can be viewed as crucial, too.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 26 July 2019
• Read on to discover the crucial red flags to watch out for.
  — Adryan Corcione, Teen Vogue, 21 Jan. 2020
• But as with jade rolling, the right technique is crucial.
  — Banu Ibrahim, CNN Underscored, 30 Dec. 2019
• The second game was won with one crucial stretch early in the game.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 27 May 2017
• Some of the most crucial tasks life assigns to us involve just that.
  — Stephanie H. Murray, The Week, 14 Dec. 2021
• The ham will need to roast for 15 minutes per pound, so knowing the weight is crucial.
  — Micah A Leal, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
• Jean Tatlock is one of the most crucial emotional parts of the film.
  — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 29 Jan. 2024
• This is crucial on a few levels and health, for now, is the biggest key.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 15 Sep. 2022
• That means a full night of restful sleep is crucial in so many ways.
  — Maren Estrada, BGR, 30 June 2021
• Next Gen Stats — but his role over those first two months was crucial.
  — Jonas Shaffer, Baltimore Sun, 3 May 2022
• That’s a crucial signal for the world, much of which takes its climate cues from the U.S and China.
  — Lucas Thompson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2023
• Most crucial are the immense amounts of hops employed and when they are added.
  — Josh Noel, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2017
• That day was a crucial step in my growth as a fisherman.
  — Mark Hicks, Field & Stream, 15 June 2020
• That's all the more crucial at a time Walmart has launched its own program.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2020
• Winning over these people will be crucial to stopping the spread of the virus.
  — Jared S. Hopkins and Arian Campo-Flores, WSJ, 13 Dec. 2020
• The last phrase is crucial: touristic travel exists for the sake of change.
  — Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024