How to Use adapted in a Sentence

adapted

adjective

• Read the review here, and an adapted excerpt from the book here.
  — Sammy Rothstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
• On the night of the awards, Spike won the one for best adapted screenplay.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 18 Sep. 2025
• Martinez now walks on prosthetic legs, drives an adapted car, hunts and now surfs.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2019
• The garden was designed to have color year-round, with native and adapted plants.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 18 June 2024
• The film has been nominated for best picture and for adapted screenplay.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2025
• Here’s an adapted excerpt from the chapter on Julia Child.
  — Harvard Business Review, 16 Sep. 2025
• An adapted screenplay nom for Hunter will depend on the overall reaction to the film.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 11 Sep. 2022
• If that movie can win adapted screenplay, this film’s scribes can at minimum be nominated.
  — Clayton Davis, Variety, 8 Sep. 2023
• Many communities are not even well adapted to today’s climate.
  — The Economist, 21 Sep. 2019
• The fact that Scorsese and Eric Roth’s adapted screenplay didn’t get a look-in.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024
• But first, Paul Thomas Anderson’s first win of the night, for adapted screenplay.
  — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2026
• Ned’s woundedness drives him to see what others, less adapted to being out of favor, would prefer to ignore.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
• Some Asian cities are so bright that the eyes of people walking outdoors cannot become visually dark-adapted.
  — Richard Green, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2025
• Some cell lines are extremely well adapted to living in plastic plates (notably HeLa cells).
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2017
• But the human brain, having evolved for social life, has powerful modules that are adapted to think in those categories.
  — Frank Wilczek, WSJ, 3 Aug. 2017
• Even vegetarians love an adapted version with a veggie dog.
  — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2025
• Rockets launch from an adapted 747 named Cosmic Girl with an under-wing harness.
  — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 16 Apr. 2020
• It was also nominated for best picture, best director and best adapted screenplay.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
• The adapted screenplay is written by Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith.
  — Andrew McGowan, Variety, 20 Nov. 2025
• Jeffrey Wright for best actor and Jefferson for adapted screenplay were lovely but less shocking.
  — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
  — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• The win for adapted screenplay was part of a sweep for the film that also included victories for best picture, director, actor and actress.
  — Carmel Dagan, Variety, 26 July 2023
• The adapted screenplay is written by Bhardwaj and Rohan Narula.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 15 Sep. 2021
• This South Korean flick about a Joseon-era king who falls in love with a court jester became a box office sensation and an adapted play.
  — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN, 5 Aug. 2021
• Starting with episode 1, Gross is behind the wheel of his adapted Porsche, taking on the legendary track at Watkins Glen.
  — Kristin Shaw, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• The adapted track featured an introduction from Parton and she is credited as a songwriter on the album.
  — Eva Hartman, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
• Not writer-director Siân Heder, who won the Oscar for adapted screenplay.
  — Glenn Whippentertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2022
• Nueng quickly muttered a nearly silent prayer—an adapted, high-speed plea to the holy trinity of the Buddha, his teachings, and all the monks and nuns in his service.
  — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 25 Oct. 2022
• These are only effective, however, if a specially adapted camera is utilized.
  — New Atlas, 11 Aug. 2025
• Del Toro could find himself back in the picture and director race while the screenplay with Kim Morgan could figure into the adapted race.
  — Andrew Barker, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021