How to Use package in a Sentence

package

1 of 2 noun
  • She ate the whole package of crackers for lunch.
  • The financial aid packages we'll be awarding this year are smaller than we had hoped they would be.
  • All ingredients are listed right on the package.
  • The hotel, airfare, and museum fees were all part of our vacation package.
  • Place the package in each of your shoes at the end of the day after wearing them.
    Dwyer Frame, Health, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The funding packages will keep the lights on for the rest of the fiscal year, which is already halfway over.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The fish’s clue package also showed a jar of hearts, two kisses and a glass slipper.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Neighbors can also pick up mail and make sure that packages don’t pile up at the door.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The two dart down the snack and candy aisles, Chien heading straight for a package of Puchao chewy fruit candies.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The package came in the mail with my name and address written in my mom’s round, curly handwriting.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • Do that and the complete package could be frightingly great.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Ready as soon as the package arrives, there’s no need to pump or inflate this football.
    Maya Polton, Parents, 13 June 2023
  • There’s simply a long clasp-lock post with a spinner blade pinned through the eye of fly, making the overall package very light.
    Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
  • The package sent over by the president was pretty robust.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 17 Dec. 2023
  • The best way to safely store medication is to read and follow the instructions that come with or on the package.
    Kristen Fischer, Health, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Some senators are insisting on amendments to reshape the package from both the left and right flanks.
    Scott McFetridge and Hannah Fingerhut, Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
  • Excluding the votes owned by Musk and his brother, 73% of the shares voting in that election supported the pay package.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Even Obama would still go on to sign the largest 10-year package of military aid to Israel the year after Netanyahu’s speech.
    Anshel Pfeffer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The electric hue is inspired by Ben & Jerry’s iconic cloud scene, as seen in scoop shops and ice cream packages worldwide.
    Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024
  • But what about Amazon, the online retail giant that ships thousands of packages each week?
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
  • The eye-watering 4.5 BTC welcome package is ready and waiting for anyone daring enough to get it.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • The council signed off three months ago on a four-year package of raises and benefits that, over the life of the agreement, is expected to add about $1 billion in salary costs to the LAPD.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • However, flights from most major cities around the United States can be added to vacation and cruise packages.
    Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Conversely, if you’re torn between an island retreat or a vacation in the heart of the action, The Ritz-Carlton has a package for you.
    Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Regardless, pay packages for the Big Three’s chief executives all rose 40 percent over the past decade.
    Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 15 Sep. 2023
  • House lawmakers plan to try to move ahead Tuesday with a package of spending bills that would cover the full 2024 fiscal year for four swaths of the government.
    Moriah Balingit, Washington Post, 26 Sep. 2023
  • The full lineup won’t be announced until April, but tickets and hotel packages go on sale Thursday.
    Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Bake, per package instructions, to melt plastic and harden clay.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 24 June 2023
  • The package is listed under options, but was not optional at all.
    Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Another Masked Singer season means another batch of clue packages to sift and sort through.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
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package

2 of 2 verb
  • After the meal, my dad packaged it up and took it home with them.
    Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • This frame came packaged very nicely in a giftable box.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Pork waiting to be packaged sat in bins at Arnold's Meats in Chicopee last week.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 27 May 2023
  • Poland Spring water was first packaged as a local elixir in the mid-1800s.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Gabe Lee has managed to package a prayer, a truth, and a dream in one album.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2023
  • Now, the beer will ferment for two to three weeks before it’s packaged and sold.
    Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 28 May 2023
  • Jim Gray: There didn't appear to be anything boxed up or packaged up to go.
    Jamie Yuccas, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2023
  • This could be why the two are packaged together in many products.
    Maggie O'Neill, Health, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Fu packaged these remarks with calls for Europe to move away from the United States.
    Dominic Tierney, Foreign Affairs, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The mattress is compressed and packaged in a box for easy delivery and set-up.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2023
  • Instead of 24 battery modules, the SUV has just 20 packaged below the floor, and that low-down mass leads to a stable feel.
    Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The basket was packaged well to prevent damage to the items during shipping.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Cons The zip tag is packaged separately and was tricky to install.
    Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • It comes packaged beautifully in the wooden box and will give them something to snack on for weeks to come.
    Amanda Ogle, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2023
  • The doves come beautifully packaged with an insert from the movie.
    Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Now, the total mass of the sample can be determined, before it is packaged and stored.
    Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2024
  • There’s not as big of a demand for butchery; people today would rather have their meat pre-sliced and packaged.
    Clarissa Wei, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2023
  • Their most profitable business had been helping package opaque pools of high-risk debt.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Most people might guess the oyster, but the answer is that any of these foods — even the cooked and packaged ones — can carry foodborne illness.
    Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Everything is packaged together in what looks like a Big Mac for a fun touch.
    Casey Clark, Peoplemag, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The doggie doughnuts will be packaged in a special six-count box for purchase in-store or via the drive-thru, the company said.
    Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But mostly, the group packages its dark thoughts in ways that pay tribute to its past while acknowledging ghosts that haunt the present, and the spirits yet to come.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2023
  • News had long been packaged as entertainment, but this reached new heights at Fox News.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Each pair is packaged in a gift box lined with artificial turf.
    Adam Tschorn, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Humans will still have to package the analysis up to extract the most valuable insights but AI will get you 85% of the way there in record time.
    Mark Penn, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • That leaves you with the annuals packaged with your hanging baskets.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The meals typically come packaged between two large ice packs, and there is soft insulation around the meals in the box.
    Good Housekeeping, 14 Apr. 2023
  • And since each oil is packaged in a dark amber bottle, there’s no need to worry about UV light degrading them over time.
    Rebecca Martinson, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2023
  • And it was all packaged in a way that reflected the generation’s style and tastes, down to the mid-aughts indie soundtrack and ironic tees.
    Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2023
  • But to make your gift look and feel more special, opt for this kit, which also includes a gua sha tool that can help with fine lines and wrinkles, both packaged in a neat box.
    Cailey Lindberg, Good Housekeeping, 16 Mar. 2023

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