How to Use alpha in a Sentence

alpha

1 of 2 noun

• There’s been a shift from the alpha bro to a more chill, nice guy.
  — Ashleigh N. Deluca, Parents, 24 Sep. 2025
• Lenoir is the alpha of this defense now.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2025
• The startup just launched its alpha round last month.
  — Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 25 June 2026
• The alpha-gal gene is one of the genes that were knocked out in the transplant pig.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2022
• Wild Hunt, two games Google claimed work well with the alpha.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2022
• Curry instead is both the alpha and the omega.
  — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
• There is a downside to being an alpha.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2025
• Jeff is a man's man, and doesn't like not being perceived as an alpha.
  — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Dec. 2025
• Omega-3 fatty acids plus alpha-lipoic acid.
  — Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 29 Apr. 2026
• Think helicopter moms, tiger moms, and alpha moms.
  — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 20 June 2026
• King sees rise as the next step in the evolution of the alpha-male ideal.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
• The call is ranked based on its serious nature, from alpha up to echo.
  — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026
• Hughes also gives the Wild’s blue line its alpha dog.
  — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• In the meantime, alpha-gal is a rare challenge to public health.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• But in the rivers, lakes, and wetlands of Africa, hippos are still the alpha.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 15 Nov. 2023
• At one point, Kwame fought his brother to decide who would be the alpha and lead the pride.
  — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• This is why structural alpha tends to be underowned.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
• This felt a bit overpowered to me during the early stages of the alpha.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
• Young is a fiery alpha who brings immense energy to the field and locker room.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 25 Apr. 2026
• Young is a fiery alpha who brings immense energy to the field and locker room.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Apr. 2026
• Adams, who did not answer my e-mails—an alpha move, no doubt—would probably have been proud.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2026
• People here have waited for Booker to flip the alpha switch for a while now.
  — Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• Having an alpha pass rusher might still be a need heading into the back end of the month as well.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
• Will Ferrari’s gambit to hire two alpha drivers pay off or end in tears?
  — Sahil Kapur, NBC News, 25 Feb. 2024
• Kate might feel like the glue holding these two alpha male brothers together.
  — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 23 Mar. 2022
• Peggy isn’t panicked by her son’s alpha-male predilections.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• Reductions in alpha brain rhythms reflect a state where neurons fire more freely.
  — Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
• Structural alpha emerges before any of that resolves.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 4 Jan. 2026
• Alas, that’s probably too much alpha beast for one locker room to handle.
  — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 30 May 2026
• Here’s what women should know about alpha-gal syndrome this summer and beyond.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026

alpha

2 of 2 adjective

• Michael Pittman is not up to the alpha role.
  — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025
• There’s no cure for alpha-gal syndrome.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 27 May 2026
• Hey, this is guy talk, these are two alpha males talkin’ to each other.
  — Chuck Barney, The Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2019
• The surge in alpha-gal patients was too sudden and too great.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• The lone star tick isn’t the only one that can cause alpha-gal syndrome.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 July 2026
• But none of them can fully account for the rise of alpha-gal syndrome.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• With all due respect to both, each would appear to be more of a beta than alpha star.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 10 Nov. 2019
• Yet, the primary product of this room is not alpha.
  — Benjamin D. Summers, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• This was the structural alpha moment.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• There is no vaccine to prevent alpha-gal syndrome.
  — NPR, 15 Nov. 2025
• The new game will likely arrive sometime next year, and is now in alpha testing.
  — Eric Adams, Wired, 15 Dec. 2019
• Brooke portrays Penny, an alpha dweeb on a mission to take down the cool kids.
  — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
• The man had antibodies to both alpha-gal sugars and red meat.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 14 Nov. 2025
• Rosie is the alpha female in the house and is clearly making the decisions.
  — Giana Levy, Variety, 13 Nov. 2025
• Forsyth said that the number of people joining alpha-gal support groups has surged in recent years.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 2 July 2026
• There's a real young Denzel action hero in him here, a very alpha old school action hero.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 16 Dec. 2024
• But the next three years reeked of alpha decay—the firm’s average yearly gain slumped from eighteen per cent to nine.
  — Gary Sernovitz, New Yorker, 15 June 2026
• Overnight, the animals all turn into alpha predators overnight.
  — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2018
• Wade said Paxton would be an alpha man on Capitol Hill if elected.
  — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 May 2026
• Scott Commins has been researching alpha-gal syndrome for years.
  — Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
• But females give non-alpha males a chance too, and some studies have found that these hookups happen more often when the alphas are out of sight.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2015
• Why are more people being diagnosed with alpha-gal syndrome?
  — Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
• There are currently no treatments available for alpha-gal syndrome.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
• And alpha dogs don't stay on the porch licking themselves, or whatever dogs do, when their master has an assignment.
  — Armando Salguero, miamiherald, 16 Apr. 2018
• The Panthers plan to position Lloyd as their alpha linebacker.
  — Mike Kaye march 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 Mar. 2026
• People with alpha-gal syndrome become allergic to red meat, including beef, pork and lamb.
  — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 29 Aug. 2025
• OpenAI just released their voice bot in alpha mode, which our colleague Reese has been using.
  — Michael Calore Lauren Goode, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
• The dose also matters, meaning someone with alpha-gal risks a bigger reaction by eating a large amount of red meat.
  — Eva Flowe may 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
• Overcast has since become one of the country’s strongest advocates for alpha-gal awareness.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• Michelle Kleeman, who has alpha-gal syndrome, on her family farm in Missouri.
  — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026