How to Use compound in a Sentence

compound

1 of 2 verb

• With wildfire smoke added to the mix, those threats compound.
  — Yessenia Funes, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• For some, this can be compounded by a strange urge to move their legs.
  — Delaney Nothaft, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023
• The issue could be caused or compounded by the iPhone setup process.
  — Mark Gurman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2023
• The big problem with low water in the canyon, the one that compounds all others, is that things stop moving.
  — Raymond Zhong, New York Times, 6 June 2023
• Try your best not to compound their burden with your own struggles.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2024
• The resumption of the war threatens to compound the suffering in Gaza.
  — Najib Jobain, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
• This problem is very likely to be compounded by the fact that he would be elected as a lame duck.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 13 Dec. 2023
• Compost also can be spread on top of the soil and used as mulch, which compounds the confusion.
  — Dan Vierria, Sacramento Bee, 31 Jan. 2024
• That all compounds into too often not being able to hand a lead off to the Smith-Chapman combo.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 July 2023
• The slow ramp-up has compounded hardships that began for crewmembers during the strikes.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024
• His old injury compounded with the new one led the team to decide the best course of action would be to euthanize him.
  — Sabienna Bowman, Peoplemag, 2 Jan. 2024
• The enormous pain of losing our Spencer only a week ago is now compounded with the loss of our precious Penny.
  — Marisa Sullivan, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023
• Over the course of a career, the gaps compound into more than $1 million less for women of color, compared with what a White man would earn.
  — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• And the Palestinians’ pain has been compounded ever since by the gradual erosion of their dream of a state.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• Tragedies compounded For Hanesworth, like the Buffalo region, last year had its tragedies beyond the Tops killings.
  — Gary Craig, USA TODAY, 10 May 2023
• To compound issues for Pioli, Malick Thiaw withdrew from the game on the half hour mark and is due to be out of action until 2024.
  — Emmet Gates, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Still, scientists don’t have a clear reason why these younger birds would leave more up to the wind, or how small errors could compound and lead to a vagrant bird.
  — Maddie Bender, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• Low pay has long been a key factor in the shortage of child care — a problem compounded by how little the state pays providers of subsidized care.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Nov. 2023
• The trailer continues as Lidia meets her cousin, a troubled teen who further compounds the strife.
  — Holly Jones, Variety, 19 Dec. 2023
• Andrew Heaney walked the first batter of the game, walked the No. 9 hitter to start innings twice and compounded it all by allowing three homers in the first five innings.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 4 May 2023
• The stress can be compounded for families in metro Atlanta, where many people rely on cars to get around.
  — Sharon Johnson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Apr. 2024
• All of these changes are compounded by each person’s asymmetries and unique movement patterns, the effects of which add up over time.
  — Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 14 Feb. 2024
• The absence of Williams from the news conference was compounded by Riley’s lukewarm comments about his play.
  — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• This means that the sulfur compounds in the stratosphere are not as widely spread, so less energy from the sun is absorbed and the lower atmosphere doesn't get as cool.
  — Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2023
• Drawing down on savings is being compounded by consumers taking on new loans in the form of credit cards.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2023
• In a statement, Yeon-sue, now a 27-year-old musician, said that for her parents, the pain of losing a son was compounded by the succession issue.
  — Victoria Kim, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• The challenge of this assignment is compounded by a depth of story that stretches all the way back to home villages and towns, where the war is just as keenly felt, at funerals and in homes.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Dec. 2023
• The influx of new residents to an area only compounds the issue, and small mountain towns were hit hard during the pandemic.
  — Amelia Arvesen, Women's Health, 17 May 2023
• So just as the seas are rising, the land along the eastern seaboard is sinking, greatly compounding the hazard for coastal communities.
  — Matt Simon, WIRED, 5 Jan. 2024
• Those groups would receive seven raises over five years, or a total increase in pay of 24%, once compounding is factored in.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024

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compound

2 of 2 noun

• The interest is compounded at regular intervals.
• But the inn has grown to five rooms in the historic compound, open four nights a week.
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• There are a lot of other compounds that can enhance the heat or tame the heat.
  — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 26 Oct. 2023
• Then, cover the arch frame in drywall and use the joint compound to patch and clean up any seams and edges.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 2 June 2023
• The mansion is part of the two-home oceanfront compound on Gin Lane known as La Dune.
  — Akiko Matsuda, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2023
• The fat is made of compounds called fatty acids that may reduce pain and swelling.
  — Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 28 Feb. 2024
• Choline can be listed as a compound amount or the actual amount of choline.
  — Casey Seiden, Parents, 15 Mar. 2024
• From our veranda, there was a clear view of the entire compound.
  — Mohammed Naseehu Ali, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
• Wealthy friends were behind the purchase of the home Mr. Kennedy used on the family compound on Cape Cod, records show.
  — Susanne Craig, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
• Here's a photo of him that year in front of the mansion that would become his iconic compound.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
• The rays hit sterol compounds, found in the cells of plants, animals and fungi, and start a conversion process.
  — Christie Aschwanden, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
• Incidents at the compound have at times been the spark for broader conflicts.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2024
• Benioff has a sprawling compound on Hawaii, the state’s largest island.
  — Kylie Robison, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2023
• This kit comes with the compounds, containers, and dyes to make seven dishes of crystals that will form over the course of just a week.
  — Cheryl Fenton, Parents, 22 Nov. 2023
• The new compound can be more than fifty times sweeter than table sugar.
  — Mark Kurlansky, Bon Appétit, 6 Nov. 2023
• Crown your steak with a selection of compound butters, sauces, or king crab.
  — The Courier-Journal, 19 Aug. 2023
• Cohen was more cautious about using the compound for weight loss.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 1 June 2023
• The lack of action from the federal government has led a number of states to step in to restrict or even ban the compound.
  — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023
• Less than a mile from this compound that had made history was a restaurant trying to join it.
  — Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
• However, the compound can stay in your system for a longer period of time.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2023
• These foods tend to have high levels of nutrients, unique nutrients, or compounds that set them above the rest.
  — Christina Manian, Rdn, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Aug. 2023
• Many of the major compound movements, like deadlifts and squats, require lower back strength.
  — Cori Ritchey, Men's Health, 23 Aug. 2023
• The chemical compound for both Mounjaro and Zepbound is the same, as is the dosing, Kumar explained.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 28 Nov. 2023
• No data on these chemical compounds has been collected around the clock in the area until now.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2024
• For those who didn’t have the money on hand, there was a Western Union agent inside the compound, charging 15 percent per transfer.
  — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2023
• These can then combine to form new compounds, which may prove less dangerous than the originals—or more so.
  — Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 26 June 2023
• But fortunately, on the other side of the country, a nine-acre compound in Naples, Fla., is available for $295 million.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2024
• Those children were taken from their families because of mixed race and locked up in compounds.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
• Rojas: The problem was, our trucks couldn’t get into the compound because the Van Halen crew was still partying ‘til seven in the morning!
  — Sean Burch, SPIN, 29 May 2023
• Both types have compound leaves, with little leaflets extending from a central stem.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 9 May 2024