How to Use affect in a Sentence

affect

verb

• Heat affects more than the body.
  — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• But last year doesn’t affect this year.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 May 2026
• That affects some things, right?
  — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Sep. 2025
• Much of the staff is affected by the news.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
• Fans will always look at how changes affect them.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Oil seeps into the marsh mud and affects the worms and snails.
  — Joan Meiners, ProPublica, 28 Dec. 2019
• Here are some that could affect you at home, at work, at school and on the road.
  — Kevinisha Walker, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2024
• This will affect millions in the weeks ahead.
  — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• That might affect what talent comes to the league, too.
  — Marisa Ingemi, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
• Could the delta variant affect the start of the school year in the fall?
  — Sam Fogel, Detroit Free Press, 13 Aug. 2021
• How did that affect things for you as the third guy in the equation?
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
• So how does this affect the Olympic Games?
  — Ukaleq Slettemark, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
• If the deal isn’t done soon, that timetable would be affected.
  — Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2026
• Even cars that have been on the road for many years could still be affected.
  — Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
• Want a better idea of how much the stress of the game can affect your heart?
  — The Enquirer, 20 Oct. 2022
• There’s a lot of stuff in water that can affect the taste of your tea too.
  — Max Falkowitz, Bon Appétit, 5 May 2022
• How will heat affect the future?
  — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 26 June 2026
• Have the aid cuts affected morale?
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• Those affect the offense, no doubt.
  — Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2025
• Here at home, the cold front isn’t forecast to affect us very much, if at all.
  — Wayne Chan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
• But once again, there are all sorts of things in the way that affect that signal once more.
  — Big Think, 6 Mar. 2026
• There is one aspect of the case that could affect some car owners.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 8 Aug. 2020
• These kinds of things still affect her, Love admits.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Jan. 2026
• This tragedy has affected each and every one of us.
  — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026
• The issue is no longer whether health will affect an estate plan.
  — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Prices surged overnight on worries that the war will affect the flow of crude for a long time.
  — Mae Anderson, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
• Changes to your sleep cycle will also affect the way your skin looks.
  — Sidra Imtiaz, Glamour, 23 Mar. 2023
• But what worried me most was how this might affect his cribbage game.
  — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 July 2021
• This is a very sad crisis, and all those affected are in my prayers.
  — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 15 May 2026