How to Use aught in a Sentence

aught

noun

• In the early aughts, a square nail with a thick white tip reigned supreme.
  — Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 29 Dec. 2025
• Their design is more than just a relic from the aughts.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
• Roger Ebert also picked it as the best movie of the aughts.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
• Ah, finding love at the bar—feels like the early aughts again.
  — Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Sep. 2025
• The late '90s and early aughts were the last peak for movie stars.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 12 Apr. 2024
• Crude, meanwhile, has bounced off lows last plumbed in the early aughts.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2020
• The bright and buoyant curls were all aughts and played well with the era’s shimmer and shine.
  — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026
• This season on Survivor, guys from the aughts!
  — Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
• Between the four early aughts shows, there is quite a bit of overlap.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
• The hat style was popular in the early aughts.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
• City of God is an indie that broke big in the aughts, and for good reason.
  — Eric Farwell, Entertainment Weekly, 12 June 2026
• Ashe’s site made millions off subscribers in the early aughts.
  — Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
• With bell sleeves, the silhouette read very early aughts.
  — Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
• His big break came in the late aughts when a then preteen Justin Bieber hit the scene.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 22 Aug. 2023
• Megan Thee Stallion’s style is a nod to the early aughts as well.
  — Brooklyn White, Essence, 8 Jan. 2020
• Her glam channeled the beauty trends of the early aughts, but in a more modern way.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
• In the aughts, Bebe was heralded as a go-to for many women and teen girls.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Jan. 2024
• The Bennifer lore started back in the early aughts.
  — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025
• The activist was photographed in a quirky outfit that was full of early-aughts trends.
  — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 Feb. 2026
• Its faux leather leggings and skinny jeans gained traction with starlets of the mid-aughts.
  — Caitlin Moscatello, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• Thorn quit music to raise their children in the aughts while Watt ran a label and club night.
  — Vulture, 24 Apr. 2023
• Countless movies from the early aughts are getting their sequels.
  — Carolina De Armas, Air Mail, 16 Aug. 2025
• For this season, the French house showed inverted wedge heels that feel like a nod to the aughts.
  — María Diez, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2025
• In the late ’90s and early aughts, there were very few roles for Asian actors.
  — Jet Li, Vulture, 6 May 2026
• Mercedes used to make a two-door G-Class, but stopped doing so in the mid-aughts.
  — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 27 Feb. 2023
• The company earned press in the early aughts but no longer appears to be in business.
  — Emily Krauser, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
• The newsboy cap enjoyed a moment in the spotlight back in the early aughts.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
• Solace's life began as a spec script written by two people in the very early aughts.
  — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Sep. 2025
• And who could forget the ubiquitous flower crown atop brides in the early aughts?
  — Shelby Wax, Vogue, 12 Apr. 2024
• Bringing back the brand was different than its initial launch in the early aughts.
  — Nadja Sayej, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025