paragraph

verb

paragraphed; paragraphing; paragraphs

transitive verb

1

: to write paragraphs about

2

: to divide into paragraphs

intransitive verb

: to write paragraphs

Examples of paragraph in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Corporate Governance and Officer Authority: The TRO (paragraphs 1, 2, 3, and 4) shall allow Nexstar to appoint or reappoint TEGNA officers as necessary for TEGNA to exercise independent decision-making authority for retransmission matters. —Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Apr. 2026

Long paragraphs about your journey, your why, your passion for helping others. —Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

Skip to paragraph three for a primer, then come back up here. —Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025

The emails, some of them paragraphs long, proved their son had lived anything but an isolated and unfulfilled life in his basement bedroom. —Jake Kring-Schreifels, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024

Word History

Etymology

First Known Use

1764, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Phrases Containing paragraph

• sub-paragraph

Rhymes for paragraph

• autograph
• biograph
• cenotaph
• chronograph
• epigraph
• epitaph
• hodograph
• holograph
• hydrograph
• lithograph
• micrograph
• monograph

Kids Definition

paragraph

1 of 2 noun

para·​graph

ˈpar-ə-ˌgraf

1

: a part of a writing or speech that develops in an organized manner one point of a subject or gives the words of one speaker

2

: a short written article (as in a newspaper) complete in one section

paragraph

2 of 2 verb

: to divide into or write paragraphs

Legal Definition

paragraph

noun

para·​graph

: a distinct often numbered or otherwise designated section of a document or writing (as a statute or pleading)