How to Use serve in a Sentence

serve

1 of 2 verb

• The roast should serve six.
• Soup was served as the first course.
• The waiter who served us was very nice.
• Feel free to serve yourself at the salad bar.
• You carve the turkey, and I'll serve.
• The waiter served our meals quickly.
• What can we do to serve our customers better?
• I'm afraid all of our salespeople are serving other customers right now.
• The restaurant serves excellent Italian food.
• Google and Meta now serve billions of people around the world.
  — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 18 Mar. 2024
• And best of all, these tools will serve both you and your kids well past third grade too.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 7 Mar. 2024
• The top of our chest freezer served as a cooking prep station.
  — Cristina Moody, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• In this fresh, easy spread, the chile-herb sauce serves as both a dip and a swirl-in for flavoring hummus.
  — Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 11 Apr. 2024
• The 59-year-old has served in roles that helped shape the company’s safety policies.
  — Julia Mio Inuma, Washington Post, 18 Jan. 2024
• The mom of two also created the TV series and served as the head writer and showrunner.
  — Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
• Hohenzollern then served as the first duke of Prussia until his death in 1568.
  — Moira Ritter, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2024
• One of the schools losing funding, Oak View, serves only students in grades three through five.
  — Nicole Asbury, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2024
• And our meal was simple – a big salad and cheese fondue served with chunks of French bread for dipping.
  — Suzanne Havala Hobbs, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Remove from oven and set aside to cool for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 31 Aug. 2023
• Pop ‘em in the fridge to allow the easy homemade tahini to set, then serve chilled for a satisfying, any-time-of-day snack.
  — Joy Cho, Good Housekeeping, 16 May 2023
• Boom predicts that the Overture will be able to serve more than 600 routes around the world in about half the time of subsonic commercial jets.
  — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 27 Nov. 2023
• The Old Guard is the oldest active-duty Army infantry unit, serving since 1784.
  — Josh Morgan, USA Today, 25 May 2023
• The battle over the controls may serve as a kind of civilizational test.
  — Alex W. Palmer, New York Times, 12 July 2023
• Hampton, Hall, and Cruce are already there, along with two car salesmen who served on the country’s elections board and a dog.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2023
• What does a great actor serving as a juror in a festival look for?
  — Boris Sollazzo, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Aug. 2023
• Her rendition serves as the lead single from the live action remake of the classic The Little Mermaid.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 15 May 2023
• Profile, Monogram and Café serve the upper 25% of the market and are luxury brands.
  — Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 7 June 2023
• One young man Taggart encountered lost both of his legs while serving in France.
  — Aaron Stern, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Aug. 2023
• Kevin then pointed out that Joe had previously served as a judge on the Australian version of The Voice for one season in 2018.
  — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 May 2023
• Burgess had served as campaign manager since Hutchinson launched his White House bid in April.
  — Alex Thomas, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2023

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serve

2 of 2 noun

• She started the game with a powerful serve.
• The line starts at 11:00 a.m. and is first-come, first-serve.
  — Shanti Lerner, The Arizona Republic, 8 Oct. 2022
• The five quick-serve restaurants in the plaza bring unique flavors to the block.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 10 Oct. 2022
• The Wolverines fought back to get to 24-22 but missed a serve on set point.
  — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
• Stand behind the baseline on the right side to start your serve.
  — Machines Agency, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
• Gauff served three aces and won 76 percent of her first-serve points for the match.
  — Ivan Carter, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• Everyone at the top of the polls held serve while there were a few shifts.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 23 Oct. 2022
• The blades are strong enough to crush ice and the set comes with the blender base, two single serve cups and two lids.
  — Ellen McAlpine, menshealth.com, 21 Apr. 2023
• The store also will sell Dole’s gluten-free and dairy-free soft serve.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Sep. 2022
• In the fourth set, Alcaraz struggled to hold his serve.
  — Gerald Marzorati, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
• But, the Comets missed four serves in the second set after missing six in the first.
  — Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
• When a sweet craving hits, go for a kid's size soft serve from Dairy Queen.
  — Alyssa Jung, Good Housekeeping, 25 Feb. 2023
• The custard should be the consistency of soft-serve ice cream.
  — Ann Maloney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
• The second set stayed on serve, with Ruud saving a break point in the fifth game to take a 3-2 lead.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2022
• Plus, the soap comes in a convenient serve pouch that's easy to store and use in one simple scoop!
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2023
• For those not wanting a soft serve, milk teas and ice teas are available.
  — Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 17 June 2023
• Or by the side of Morgenstern’s Bananas and its dairy-free soft serve?
  — Nikita Richardson, New York Times, 11 July 2023
• There are notes of chocolate, caramel, vanilla soft serve, spiced pear, and a flash of minty hops on the finish.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 31 Dec. 2023
• And what of the CG reenactments of a tennis ball being thrown into the air on a serve?
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2023
• The game starts with a serve, and the ball must bounce once on the receiving side before a player can hit it back.
  — The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2023
• Leading up to the short clip, Jenner showed off eight bowls of soft serve ice cream on a table.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 18 Feb. 2023
• Wolf was much more efficient on his serve in the second set.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 16 Aug. 2023
• The height for the single serve is tall enough to fit a travel mug, perfect for those get-up-and-go mornings.
  — Kyle Beechey, SELF, 22 Feb. 2023
• To right-wingers, the Vineyard is Sodom and Gomorrah with lobster rolls and soft serve.
  — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2022
• At 2-all in the first set, the American duo got its first lead of the match, breaking serve and then breaking again to go up 5-2.
  — Michael Lewis, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2022
• Keller dug the next serve, but Austin was already beaming later in the point as one of her teammates went up for the kill.
  — Greg McKenna, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• For dessert, have a single-serve ice cream, like a Magnum Mini Bar.
  — Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2023
• The Egyptian was tall, with a powerful serve and a fierce forehand.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
• The 18-year-old is making a name for himself with his aggressive play and big serve.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Crunch soft serve, panna cotta… ice cream… stuff like that.
  — Amber Love Bond, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024