How to Use idea in a Sentence

idea

noun

• My idea is to study law.
• He has an idea for a movie.
• Buying the car was a bad idea.
• Whose idea was it to leave so early?
• My idea was that if we left early we could beat the crowd.
• She's always full of new ideas.
• Starting her own business seemed like a good idea at the time, but it turned out badly.
• It's a good idea to talk to people who have actually been there.
• I'm not sure what to do next. Do you have any ideas?
• I have some ideas for redecorating the room.
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Please email ideas to [e-mail] and [e-mail].
  — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
• Story tips and ideas can be sent to [e-mail] and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
• So, too, is having fresh ideas — the more out there the better.
  — Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• To one politician, the time was ripe for a bold idea: a four-day workweek.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
• This whole idea that teenagers barely work now is crazy to me.
  — Jamie Ludwig, Spin, 29 Sep. 2023
• The New Historians looked to break free from old ideas about the events of 1948.
  — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Check out more stocking stuffers and last-minute gift ideas here.
  — Anna Tingley, Variety, 16 Nov. 2023
• Yes, the eyes are never straight; this is an idea that came from kabuki.
  — Amy Verner, Vogue, 12 June 2023
• In the horse-centric culture of the Pampas, her first idea is to gallop hard.
  — S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2023
• But again, older children and teens found the seats to be cramped, so that idea went by the wayside, too.
  — Hannah Drown, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• The thing is, Phil and Chris are incapable of committing to an idea.
  — Chris Lee, Vulture, 23 June 2023
• The soldier-fly system, Dr. Carnell says, fits in well with that idea.
  — Sarah Scoles, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2023
• Explore 39 gift ideas for a friend who never likes your presents.
  — Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2023
• Even more surprising than the April Fools' Day prank was not all commenters thought the flavor was a bad idea.
  — The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2024
• Sounds like a solid enough idea, the Chargers placing a young receiver in the team’s best hands.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Its analysis found that Johnson’s idea would add more than $26 billion to the deficit.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2023
• These wall art ideas are easy to recreate and can be customized to accent any home—and any style.
  — Claire Hoppe, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2023
• One of those people was a young writer called Jamie Brittain, who had had this idea for this show called Skins.
  — Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, Pitchfork, 16 Nov. 2023
• Rivals are also testing new ideas that seek to tone things down.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024