How to Use background in a Sentence

background

1 of 2 noun

• Objects in the foreground are drawn larger than those in the background.
• Let me provide you with some background on this problem.
• An ethnic conflict that was simmering away in the background finally erupted into civil war.
• His background in the world of rock was a huge plus.
  — Cameron Crowe, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
• Then, once again, his background in neon shone.
  — Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2026
• Some background on Balkhy first.
  — Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
• His background as a big-league catcher seemed to pay off there.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• That is something that would have been able to pop on a background check.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2023
• Here’s where the case stands and the backgrounds of those involved.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 10 Jan. 2026
• Taylor comes from a film background.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
• His customers come from all walks of life, from all backgrounds, of all races.
  — Andrés Soto, USA Today, 19 Feb. 2026
• A lot of my voice memos have the bath running in the background.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• Dense rows of Xs in the background suggest barbed wire.
  — Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
• For the English clubs, the chaos stayed in the background.
  — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2026
• Blues was a huge part of my background, which is not unusual.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
• Even the background of Mario’s world pulses with life.
  — Literary Hub, 11 Feb. 2026
• The background is a mashup of mother-of-pearl and aventurine.
  — Carol Bresler, Robb Report, 13 Mar. 2024
• What is the suspect’s background?
  — Amanda Musa, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
• These run in the background of your mind all day, draining your battery.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
• Below is a brief background and my tasting notes.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
• My background was in the art world, but a band is still a group of creative people.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 6 Nov. 2025
• In this league, those small moments don’t blend into the background.
  — Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2026
• Swidler doesn’t have a background in sports, but his two sons played baseball.
  — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 25 Mar. 2026
• Namazi sat against a black background, looking thin and drawn, his voice faint.
  — Bozorgmehr Sharafedin, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
• The case could still surface on certain background checks.
  — Stephen Johnson, Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026
• Treat these lamps as focal points, not background lighting.
  — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 27 Jan. 2026
• The background, a warm desert theme, shows red rock sculptures, a palm tree and cacti.
  — Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
• Duffield’s background was in dance, motion-capture, and trainee stunt work.
  — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
• That’s my background too (in Pamplona).
  — Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
• But music was always in the background.
  — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 18 May 2026

background

2 of 2 verb

• Visa winners are then subjected to background checks that can last for months.
  — Author: Linda Qiu, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Jan. 2018
• Would background checks beyond those that already exist help?
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 25 May 2022
• But sometimes people only saw her gender or background and not her skill.
  — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2020
• Winsor notes her presence as a third helping hand and background in golf as a major help for the team.
  — Koki Riley, The Arizona Republic, 9 Oct. 2020
• Marra was accustomed to background noise on his fiber optics.
  — Eric Hand, Science | AAAS, 14 June 2018
• Poynter has more details about the companies involved and background on some of the events that led to the deal.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
• Digital overtook live and background for the first time to become the second largest income stream.
  — Jem Aswad, Variety, 27 Oct. 2021
• Wouldn’t background guys Joakim Noah or Marreese Speights have been a better fit?
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2019
• Much of the four-part series' first episode is devoted to background information.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 22 Feb. 2021
• Another big change comes to background tabs, which won't show as individual tabs anymore.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2018
• How did your own personal stories and background with religion play into the building of your novels?
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 June 2021
• Spring smells the same every year, and that scent is sharpest when the season is new — before the smell grows familiar and is relegated to background noise.
  — Genevieve Fullan, Longreads, 12 Apr. 2022
• And, unlike Hodge, Ratley doesn’t have the special teams background to consider.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2020
• Spooner-Gomez prepares in-house marketing with fliers about the student and their dish then shares background on the meals with faculty.
  — Peggy Hernandez, BostonGlobe.com, 14 June 2022
• Sure, universal support for background checks hasn’t led to background check legislation.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2018
• As the name implies, the feature minimizes background noise that might otherwise be picked up through your device’s microphone.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 23 May 2022
• There are plenty of comforting obscurities that lend themselves to background viewing, too.
  — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 June 2021
• After that, the stars will meander relative to background quasars unless astronomers dispatch a follow-up mission to remap the sky.
  — Joshua Sokol, Science | AAAS, 24 Nov. 2020
• The plot of the show was brilliant, and on top of that, there were endless amounts of people, from main characters to background characters, wearing the best outfits.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 22 Nov. 2022
• On Friday, Abbott specifically pointed to background checks and efforts to keep guns out of the hands of people who may pose a risk to those around them.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 May 2018
• The tropical fruit flavors of the Guatemalan natural were reduced to background notes, though there was a lovely hint of dark chocolate bitterness.
  — Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2021
• Candidates considered most promising are invited in for in-person job interviews and submit to background checks.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
• In Mr Saadawi’s story, set in 2005, the Americans are reduced to background noise.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• The eighteenth-century revolutionary’s horse remained, riderless, backgrounded by bright-green leaves and a tangy blue sky.
  — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2026
• The measures limit purchases of handguns to one each month; require that gun buyers submit to background checks; and allow local governments to ban guns in parks and public buildings.
  — New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
• The committee also is considering subjecting anyone holding 5 percent or more of the business’s shares to background checks.
  — Dave McCombs, Bloomberg.com, 16 June 2017
• But more than anything, Swift gets to play with her attitude, dropping in signature vocal quirks over the toe-tapping beat, backgrounded by a chorus of dramatic sighs.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 23 Aug. 2019
• As an example, Jacobs notes that on traditional sets, there is a hierarchy of who gets to eat first — cast, crew and finally background performers.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2022
• His special teams background surely helped, the G-Men covering an onside kick in the final minute far more effectively than, say, the Falcons would.
  — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2020
• In a recent round of public appearances, Khosrowshahi also said Uber would monitor driver backgrounds more closely.
  — Washington Post, BostonGlobe.com, 1 May 2018