How to Use instance in a Sentence

instance

noun

• They have decided not to oppose the decision in this instance.
• In most instances the disease can be controlled by medication.
• These delays are just another instance of bureaucratic inefficiency.
• In this instance, in their judgment, the contact did not rise to the level of a foul.
  — Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
• This isn’t the first instance of the two companies clashing in court.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 14 Dec. 2023
• There were instances in which a passerby threw an egg and poured a cup of urine on workers.
  — Suhauna Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• The most recent instance was a month ago — courtesy of a younger couple.
  — Sydney Page, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2024
• And these instances harm Google’s public image and trust amongst users as well.
  — John Hall, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
• In some instances, women who refused to do so lost their parental rights.
  — Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• In one instance, the cat will encounter an artist staring at a blank canvas.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2024
• In one instance, a school was set on fire; in another, a mosque was ransacked.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• These haven’t been the first instances of nations dipping a toe into the mesopelagic.
  — WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
• In some instances, cities will auction off cars that have been sitting in lots too long unclaimed.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
• In one instance, Wallace witnessed a crash when a car cut over the divider in front of a semi, which hit it broadside.
  — Luis Melecio-Zambrano, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
• In this instance, the Dodgers will have to pay Orix $50.6 million, Passan reported.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• In some instances, brows were laid flat (ie: brow blocked) using a glue stick or special effects glue.
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
• The Prince and Princess of Wales are known to clear their calendars when their kids are off from school, and this instance is likely no different.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
• In the first weeks of school in the fall, central Indiana County saw more than half a dozen instances of students bringing weapons to school.
  — Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2024
• There are no verified instances of orcas killing humans in the wild.
  — Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2023
• In some instances, scar tissue after a heart attack can cause changes to one’s heartbeat.
  — Christopher Desimone, M.d., Ph.d. Mayo Foundation For Medical Education and Research, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• McHale went on to describe an instance in which outside viewers were dumbfounded by the cast’s jokes.
  — Henry Chandonnet, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
• On and on it went, with as many as five or more instances of plagiarism in every single sermon.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
• In many instances, the migrants are finding ways to cook their own food in their rooms, records and interviews indicate.
  — Jay Root, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• Even so, there are instances when the drug is not effective in clearing an infection.
  — Jenny Sweigard, Verywell Health, 16 Nov. 2023
• But that line is moving farther and farther up the mountain, and this disease is being transmitted all the way to the top of the mountain in some instances.
  — Catrin Einhorn Thea Traff, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
• In one instance, a white employee told a Black employee that Black people are lazy, the lawsuit says.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
• In this instance, Meghan styled the brand's paperbag trousers with a coordinating silk trench coat and classic beige pumps.
  — Jennifer Chan, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
• In one instance, the chapter helped to get a Black principal hired at a predominantly Black school in Harlem.
  — Keisha N. Blain, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
• In general, deer catch EHD while livestock catch blue tongue, but deer can also contract blue tongue in rare instances.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024
• An instance of cheating can be difficult for you and your partner, so don't hesitate to seek help.
  — Mark Shrayber, Health, 30 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024