How to Use example in a Sentence

example

noun

• He set a good example for the rest of us.
• She gave several examples to show that the program is effective.
• The dictionary includes thousands of examples.
• We've chosen three examples of contemporary architecture for closer study.
• For example, if your rear wheels are sliding to the left, turn the wheel to the left.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Jan. 2024
• For example, the ride is flinty and can be a little too stiff for day-to-day use.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 6 Dec. 2022
• More so than me, for example, who didn’t grow up in that world.
  — Richard Vanderford, WSJ, 3 Jan. 2023
• Graneros, for example, is a flowy beginner trail that runs along the flank of the ridge.
  — Sarah Kuta, The Know, 27 July 2019
• For example, Matthew’s office is offset from the rest of the house.
  — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 6 Mar. 2024
• As an example Trump wants to change the way the government hands out grants.
  — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 9 Feb. 2020
• Samsung is the best example of that with the Note series.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Aug. 2021
• For example, the first kits on this list are good for two people for two days.
  — Hannah Singleton, SELF, 27 May 2022
• For example, instead of two soft drinks a day, cut to one.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 17 Dec. 2021
• For example, take 15 minutes to drink a cup of tea alone.
  — Sara Kuburic, USA TODAY, 8 June 2021
• The driving app Waze, for example, would be spun off from Google.
  — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 8 Mar. 2019
• One of the best examples of dressing up a song with sad lyrics in an upbeat melody.
  — Joey Flechas and Lance Dixon, miamiherald, 21 Dec. 2017
• There’s much to learn about the artifact – for example, where was it fired from and by whom.
  — Phil Gast, CNN, 9 Feb. 2023
• To eat at a fancy restaurant, for example, or play a round of golf.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 July 2023
• In our household for example, one of our kids’ phones has stricter rules than the other.
  — Aimee Christian, Wired, 20 Feb. 2022
• Law enforcement is a good example of how this is the case.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 29 Apr. 2021
• Look at the big clubs, for example Liverpool is a big club.
  — SI.com, 24 Feb. 2018
• And a convoy, for example, in the north passed the inspection and then was hit by a naval missile.
  — CBS News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Both of the examples had crazy fans that did not reflect their team's fanbase.
  — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 12 June 2019
• For example, who gets the leftovers, and what if more people show up?
  — Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2021
• Southey, for example, thought that women should do all the domestic work and the child care.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2020
• Email a photo of yourself or an example of your work to [e-mail].
  — Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2022
• In your example, though, got is misused as a present-tense verb and should be replaced by have.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Nov. 2023
• For example, there’s a little printed dress that has kind of a cowboy feel, with snaps down the front.
  — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 24 Aug. 2017
• For example, into species that have one litter of young per year, and those that have more than one.
  — Mark Johnson, jsonline.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Like any creation—writing a song, for example—this came to me.
  — Jennifer Nettles, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2020

Last Updated: 9 May 2024