How to Use average in a Sentence

average

1 of 3 noun

• His work has been above the average.
• On average, women live longer than men.
• Prices have increased on average about eight percent.
• Take all these temperatures and find their average.
• An average of 2,000 people attended the show each night.
• That’s an average of five a year—some years more, some years less.
  — Amanda McCracken, SELF, 3 Feb. 2026
• Flagstaff would need an inch and a half of rain to meet its average for the month.
  — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
• China built an average of two new coal plants a week last year.
  — Dave Trecker, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Apr. 2026
• Adults should aim for an average of seven to nine hours of sleep per night.
  — Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 2 Oct. 2025
• All of those marks are well above his season-long averages.
  — Zack Cox, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
• That’s a little more than half of their team's average.
  — David Troy, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
• And, again, that's the average.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 11 Jan. 2026
• Less supply at those price points pushed averages up.
  — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 9 May 2026
• This average hasn't been breached by more than three weeks going back decades.
  — Jay Woods, CNBC, 16 Apr. 2026
• That is more than the 10-year average.
  — ABC News, 27 June 2026
• That is more than the 10-year average.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
• In today’s hedge fund world, average won't cut it.
  — Carrie McCabe, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
• Over the past two weeks, the average spiked to 162 per day.
  — Ryan Gillespie, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
• Heck, just based on the law of averages, the Rays are due to hit a rough patch.
  — John Romano, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
• His blocks above average went from plus-1 to minus-6.
  — Sam Blum, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• The rough average here is $560 for six months.
  — Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
• But usually the average would be like three to five years.
  — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026
• Highs will stay above average in the 80s through next week and weekend.
  — Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 24 May 2026
• The cutter is 86 mph and has above-average cut.
  — Andrea Arcadipane, New York Times, 29 May 2026
• And yet that is the average for their concurrent views.
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
• That's all pretty much in line with his career averages.
  — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
• Homes took an average of 55 days to sell, up from 40 days last year.
  — Chase Jordan april 7, Charlotte Observer, 7 Apr. 2026
• That's a terrible average to bet your life on.
  — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025
• That average has now increased to 91 words per minute.
  — Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
• For the season, their pressure rate is around league average.
  — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 7 Nov. 2025

average

2 of 3 adjective

• Sales were about average for the industry on the whole.
• Do you know what the average person earns?
• The average woman lives longer than the average man.
• She thought the performance was just average.
• Average grades are not good enough to get you into graduate school.
• She was an average student.
• The investment had a higher average return.
• Take all these temperatures and find their average temperature.
• The average age of the company's employees is 36.
• Just not as much as average recipes.
  — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2026
• Check when your average first frost date is and count back from there.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 6 Sep. 2025
• These aren't your average baked beans.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
• The average length of stay in foster care is four to six weeks.
  — Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
• This month will end warmer than your average April.
  — Lauren Bostwick, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• The average high this time of the year is 65°.
  — Ron Smiley, CBS News, 20 Apr. 2026
• Above-average weight and height for a seven-year-old girl.
  — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• This spring was, in fact, warmer and drier than average.
  — Terry Eliasen, CBS News, 1 June 2026
• But the club ranks 11th in outs above average (eight).
  — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
• This is not your average broccoli side dish.
  — Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 May 2026
• Women do live longer than men, on average.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
• This isn't your average stroll through lightsaber lore or warp-speed factoids.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
• On average, this is about every three months.
  — Sherri Gordon, Health, 25 May 2026
• This isn't just your average litter box.
  — Jessica Moore, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
• The average price per square foot was $669.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The farm had a average Yelp rating of five stars.
  — Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado updated October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• For many dates the average date for the last frost was May 15.
  — Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2026
• The question now is will the average soldier on the street shed more and more blood.
  — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
• That’s more than an extra week of games compared to the average year.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 1 June 2026
• On average, this means warm and dry winters for us, but not always.
  — Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• The average price per square foot was $724.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 9 June 2026

average

3 of 3 verb

• What figure do you get when you average the amount of rainfall for the last three months?
• The teacher averaged the students' grades.
• The event is graded by two judges whose scored are averaged.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026
• Over the past three years, growth has averaged around 30%.
  — Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• Steaks averaged more than $12 a pound.
  — Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
• Those totals were then averaged and ranked.
  — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• The Wolves averaged more than 32 points per game.
  — Johnny Gorches, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 June 2026
• That’s how many wins the Giants have averaged across the last nine years.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 May 2026
• Bears are averaging 50 points per game four weeks in.
  — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025
• Green, who averaged 47 yards on 63 punts, left a big shoe to fill.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
• Delays averaged more than two hours.
  — Doc Louallen, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2025
• El Tri is averaging two goals a game and has yet to concede one.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
• Both teams are averaging over 25 points per game.
  — Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 11 Oct. 2025
• Aldama has averaged at least one 3-point make per contest in each of the last four years.
  — Christian Clark, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• The junior guard averages 10 points a game.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 6 Feb. 2026
• The guard averages nearly 24 points a game.
  — Dan Albano, Oc Register, 9 Mar. 2026
• Lee averaged just four strokes over par across the matches and earned low medalist honors in all three events.
  — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
• Overall the route averages about 100 trains a day.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
• In the first three games of the season, Auburn averaged 37 points per game.
  — Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
• The Knicks don’t need Bridges to average 20.
  — Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 1 Mar. 2026
• Highs will be closer to average in the mid to upper 40s through mid-week.
  — Lisa Meadows, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• Those position groups have averaged only one catch apiece over three games.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
• All five of Arizona’s starters average over 10 points per game.
  — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2026
• Lynch is averaging 94 mph with his sinker and four-seam fastball.
  — Jaylon Thompson may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
• Through five games, that group is averaging 34 more rushing yards per game.
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• King is averaging 24 points a game.
  — Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 5 Jan. 2026
• His fastball averaged 97 mph and topped out at 99 mph.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 8 Mar. 2026
• Weekday lunch waits these days seem to average about 45 minutes.
  — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• Wallace was an elite rim protector who averaged two blocks per game for his career.
  — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
• Home health aides average $74,360 a year.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025