How to Use cause in a Sentence

cause

1 of 2 noun

• She is the cause of all their problems.
• I can support a cause that means something to me.
• The medicine was prescribed without good cause.
• I'm willing to donate money as long as it's for a good cause.
• Their marriage was a cause for celebration.
• His symptoms had no apparent physical causes.
• No cause of death has been shared.
  — Adam England, PEOPLE, 12 May 2026
• There's no word yet on a cause.
  — Penny Kmitt, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
• No cause of death has been shared at this time.
  — Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
• Allen's cause of death is not known at this time.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
• The cause of the fire is not known at this time.
  — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 24 June 2026
• Over the past year, the uptick in crime hasn’t helped our cause.
  — Jared Council, Forbes, 23 May 2022
• The cause of the crash is unknown.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
• The cause of the fire is also not known.
  — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
• The cause of death was not disclosed.
  — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2026
• The cause of the fire is unknown.
  — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
• There is no distinct cause of food noise.
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
• The exact cause of death is not yet known.
  — Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 31 Jan. 2026
• His cause of death was not released.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2026
• The cause of death was not disclosed.
  — Reuters, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
• The cause of the crash is still unclear.
  — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 28 Feb. 2026
• No cause of death was released.
  — Jon Becker, Mercury News, 26 May 2026
• Her cause of death was suicide.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
• His cause of death was not disclosed.
  — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2026
• No cause of death has been disclosed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026
• No cause of death has been disclosed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
• No cause of death was announced.
  — George Ramsay, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
• Her cause of death has not been revealed.
  — Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
• No cause of death was announced by the team.
  — ABC News, 26 May 2026
• That’s why his death – and the cause of it – is so hard to take.
  — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 2 Dec. 2022

cause

2 of 2 verb

• The flood caused the town great hardship.
• The illness is caused by a virus.
• The flood caused great hardship.
• You caused us a lot of extra work.
• He swerved and caused an accident.
• The war caused an oil shock from the get-go.
  — ABC News, 28 Mar. 2026
• Doesn’t leave your face oily and doesn’t cause any break outs.
  — Tiffany Dodson, Harper's BAZAAR, 31 Jan. 2023
• What about the hurt already caused to her?
  — Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2026
• The blood did cause some problems.
  — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2026
• This has caused oil prices to rise by 5% since last week.
  — Matt Randolph, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• Small tree limbs could break and cause damage.
  — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Oct. 2025
• Don’t twist or jerk the tick, which can cause the mouth to break off in your skin.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• Light can cause beer to stale faster, but isn’t as big of a deal for wine and cider.
  — Parker Hall, Wired, 11 July 2020
• These clots can cause strokes and heart attacks or can lodge in the lungs or legs.
  — Maggie Fox, CNN, 10 July 2020
• This whole mess is causing a rift between the boys.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
• The propane gas line may be routed around sharp edges which may cause a propane leak.
  — Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2020
• Will both combine to cause a big surge in demand?
  — Roger Valdez, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• That causes the water to drip down.
  — Ray Petelin, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2026
• Cut costs now and fix the policies that caused the problem.
  — Linh Tat, Oc Register, 4 May 2026
• Look out for seams that could cause itching and chafing, too.
  — Sara Gaynes Levy, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• Are moral and religious quests doomed to cause more harm than good?
  — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2025
• Tick bites also may cause a blister, rash or small bruise.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 18 May 2026
• As cars drive through the salt, the salt itself can cause damage.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2023
• The strain from the cold and the hard labor may cause a heart attack.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 30 Oct. 2021
• Pressure from an ill-fitting night guard can cause this over time.
  — Courtney Schmidt, Health.com, 3 June 2021
• But the car cuts off on her, and the front axle is causing problems.
  — Anne Saker, Cincinnati.com, 23 Dec. 2017
• This [album] has caused a shift in me as a writer and an artist.
  — Michael Rietmulder, Anchorage Daily News, 17 May 2023
• Limp growth is often a sign of too much water that has caused root rot.
  — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
• In the short run, this will cause blocks to be produced more quickly.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2020
• And even when cyclists cause problems, they are rarely pulled over.
  — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 26 Dec. 2017