How to Use affect in a Sentence

affect

verb
  • La Niña doesn’t affect the whole of the U.S. in the same way.
    Ciara Nugent, Time, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The new rule will affect any flight to, within, and from the US.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The point is that a small thing can affect a big thing.
    Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • What happens in Ukraine will affect us and the rest of the world for years to come.
    WSJ, 15 Nov. 2022
  • And there’s no way to know how Covid-19 will affect you.
    Madelyn Fernstrom, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2020
  • So, school board members have the power to affect true change on the city.
    Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Even if a shot or two doesn’t go down, don’t let that affect you.
    Jabari Young, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Read on to learn how the next Fed rate hike could affect your money.
    Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Klisch said none of the changes will affect the brewery’s recipes, tours or events.
    Beck Andrew Salgado, Journal Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The judge said there was nothing Adler had said that would affect the case.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The truck rolled over on the side of the interstate, which helped not affect traffic as much.
    Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Oct. 2022
  • What are the pros and cons of the subject, and how does that affect the market value?
    Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2022
  • That's not to say that having breasts didn't affect my day-to-day life back then.
    Kenny Jones, SELF, 24 May 2018
  • Chefs weigh in on how that little green sprout can affect the taste of a dish.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 31 Mar. 2018
  • Most of these events are too far from Earth to affect our planet.
    Claire Hogan, Science | AAAS, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Rain is in the area, and could affect the racing toward the finish.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2021
  • But things like drought and climate change affect his herd in strange ways.
    Josh Haner, National Geographic, 29 June 2018
  • The middle school and high school will not be affected.
    Carol Kovach, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2020
  • Things that are systemic and affect a large swath of people in the system.
    Abby Gardner, Glamour, 13 July 2018
  • Teams will now begin the process of deciding how the new rules will affect them.
    Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • That is gun control that does not affect all of us, just the nuts like this recent scum ball.
    Fox News, 20 May 2018
  • Don’t assume it’s not going to affect your area and not check on it again.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 26 Aug. 2021
  • The coach did say Zappe’s solid play the last two weeks would not affect the timetable for Jones’s return.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The change didn’t affect the bottom line for the players involved.
    Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 5 Feb. 2023
  • The good news is this injury should not affect his career.
    Profootballdoc, sandiegouniontribune.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The question is how will this loss affect the Vikings' future.
    Sid Hartman, Star Tribune, 27 Dec. 2020
  • Boutt said the study could affect how scientists look at such events in the future.
    Breanne Kovatch, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2019
  • Gil, who allowed three runs (two earned) on three hits and four walks and struck out six, said that did not affect him.
    courant.com, 18 Sep. 2021
  • The concern is that a physician shortage could affect access to care and create long waits in the emergency room.
    Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The city also did not answer questions about the status of its recovery from the attack and what systems are still affected.
    Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023

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