How to Use assignment in a Sentence

assignment

noun

• The reporter is here on assignment.
• The reporter is here on an assignment.
• She asked if she could change her seating assignment.
• The students were given a homework assignment.
• The reporter's assignment is to interview the candidate.
• The article discusses the recent assignment of senators to some of the more powerful committees.
• Again, this is not the assignment.
  — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2026
• What’s next at your assignment desk?
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
• Both sides have their assignments.
  — Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Kelce’s assignment on the play?
  — Sam McDowell October 27, Kansas City Star, 28 Oct. 2025
• Your team members may be in over their heads with their work assignments.
  — Anne Sugar, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• With every song, her skills meet her assignment in a new way.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
• The assignment was for her son to write about his life and who inspires him.
  — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 20 Jan. 2026
• The initial scope might be an eight hours per day, two-week assignment.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• That will be the Dodgers’ assignment too.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
• That assignment is only one item on a busy dance card for Nichols.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 17 Jan. 2023
• What if your home internet goes down the night the assignment is due?
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 15 Jan. 2022
• Now the teachers print out their assignments.
  — Tyler Kingkade, NBC news, 16 Feb. 2026
• Once again, Katie Sharp took on that assignment.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• In college, no one’s going to hunt you down for an assignment.
  — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 28 Dec. 2022
• That was part of his assignment, to give names to the landscape features.
  — Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Oct. 2022
• The base fare may not include checked or carry-on bags, or seat assignment.
  — Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2024
• The singer was dogged in his pursuit of the anthem assignment.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026
• His first choice for the assignment was Gaetz, who lasted all of eight days.
  — Steve Bousquet, Orlando Sentinel, 26 Nov. 2024
• Le told the judge that she wasn't properly trained for the assignment.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Feb. 2026
• Get an assignment, own it, and trust the man next to you to do their assignment.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
• Just throw on the film and watch how hard guys run to the ball, and execute their assignments.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026
• Whoa, the retort goes, the assignment was likely a twofold process.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2022
• The next step would be a minor-league rehab assignment.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
• His airline changed his plane – and his seat assignment – twice without telling him.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025