How to Use argument in a Sentence
argument
noun- Don't you want to hear both sides of the argument?
- Let us accept, for the sake of argument, that she is right.
- I don't want to hear any arguments about whether you'll go.
- There were many arguments about the new design.
- They settled an argument that started in class.
- The committee presented strong arguments against building a new school.
- His argument did not convince his opponents.
- They made a compelling argument for our participation.
- They were always getting into arguments about politics.
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But that argument might not hold much weight in a court of law.
—Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 7 Mar. 2024
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Not with an argument or a blowup.
—Literary Hub, 7 Apr. 2026
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Our kids grew up in a house where arguments were the norm.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2026
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This is not an argument against young founders.
—Peter Thompson, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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This isn’t an argument against your plan, per se.
—R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
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These arguments go around and around, like the hands on a watch.
—Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024
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So that's been one of his arguments.
—Dana Taylor, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
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There isn’t much argument about the ‘why’ in these rooms.
—Jamil Wyne, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
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Let’s walk through the arguments on both sides.
—Lauren Schuster, Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
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Their argument was that the call of the void is not in fact a death wish.
—Philip Maymin, Forbes.com, 25 May 2026
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The arguments are about how, not what.
—Ed Gaskin, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
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The sailor got no argument here.
—Kevin Sherrington feb. 23, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
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That’s the essence of the argument.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
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What are the arguments against it?
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 16 Feb. 2026
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Round and round these arguments go.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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There’s an argument that Branch could be that guy.
—Seth Emerson, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
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Artists can make these arguments.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Morat has little time for arguments about what punk is and isn’t.
—Brett Martin, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
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The argument rests on the idea that markets move fastest when norms shift.
—Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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But Crow pushed back on that argument.
—Max Rego, The Hill, 28 Apr. 2026
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Lazarow's argument is that the camel is not the poor cousin of the unicorn.
—Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
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