How to Use central in a Sentence

central

1 of 2 adjective

• The house has four rooms and a central chimney.
• The evidence was central to the defense's case.
• The country's schools are financed by both local and central governments.
• City planners are looking for a central location for the new hospital.
• The central authority of the company's board is being challenged.
• But that was the one thing that's central.
  — Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• In short, this is not a fun time to be a central banker.
  — Binyamin Appelbaum, Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2026
• Training plays a central role in that process.
  — Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 17 June 2026
• Silva’s phone is central to the charges against him.
  — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
• But none of that changes the central problem.
  — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026
• The turn of the century was the high noon of the central banker.
  — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
• That is a central role AFM plays.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2026
• South of the central plaza are the four pickleball courts.
  — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 3 June 2026
• South of the central plaza are the four pickleball courts.
  — Amanda Rosa may 6, Miami Herald, 6 May 2026
• As both consumers and a food source, insects are central to many food webs.
  — Thomas Westerholm, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• So those were pulled out from the central spine that was the chronology.
  — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 May 2026
• That paradox is central to Swift’s gestalt.
  — Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025
• The precinct covers the north central part of the county.
  — Tracey McManus, Dallas Morning News, 29 Jan. 2026
• Adding central green and stage area open space beside the greenway.
  — Joe Marusak may 20, Charlotte Observer, 20 May 2026
• That push and pull becomes the show’s central tension.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026
• The striker is initially in a central area but then darts to the right side.
  — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2026
• One of those logs, sliced in half, was turned into a bench, now in the house’s central foyer.
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
• And so the question of point of view was both central and permanent.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• On the other side, that is a central Hindu text.
  — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 Sep. 2025
• The brooch has often been paired with wardrobe pieces that pick up the blue tone of the central gemstone.
  — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 15 July 2026
• There is a neat section with cupholders that slide in and out of the central console.
  — James Morris, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• The big question though is the nature of the central, dying star.
  — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• Lebanon got a peace framework whose central subject refused to sign it.
  — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
• His delusion is central to why this revival is so potent.
  — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 10 Apr. 2026
• Deep dig and big-over routes were also central to the Panthers’ game plan.
  — Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026

central

2 of 2 noun

• Our family room becomes kid central on weekends.
• The Pact was the fruit of his own, his central—his necessary—passion.
  — Cynthia Ozick, The New Yorker, 14 June 2021
• Chu added that while Dorothy plays a role in the events of , the focus needed to remain on its central.
  — Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
• Montrose and North Avenue is party central so there will be beer cans.
  — Tony Briscoe, chicagotribune.com, 4 Sep. 2019
• Over at Hell and High Water central, this news has not been received well.
  — Keith Kloor, Discover Magazine, 26 Jan. 2011
• Most models put the strong winds in the central to southern part of the Willamette Valley.
  — oregonlive, 27 May 2022
• The enchanting city of Munich is grand central for the country's largest state.
  — Forrest Brown, CNN, 21 Aug. 2022
• And Madras, a tiny town in Oregon’s high desert region, will be solar eclipse central.
  — Jackie Burrell, The Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2017
• But the polling central to this current spending fight is not like Obamacare, which has support from about two-thirds of all adults.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 29 Jan. 2026
• By purchasing the loans, the central would create an incentive for the banks to engage in more lending.
  — CBS News, 6 Apr. 2020
• The 7th District spans parts of north-central and northwest Hartford.
  — Rebecca Lurye, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2017
• The quake hit central Sulawesi and a tsunami warning was issued.
  — Fox News, 28 Sep. 2018
• Introducing her film for the first time, Caro invoked the famed warrior central to the story.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2020
• Four crucifixions side by side on one wall offer a stunning array of varied takes on a single theme central to the faith.
  — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• Areas north of the front — which is expected to be north-central and north Alabama — will be more stable.
  — Leigh Morgan, al, 19 Apr. 2020
• This hip spot known for live music and dancing will transform into Super Bowl central.
  — Alyson Rodriguez, Dallas Morning News, 30 Jan. 2026
• The iPhone continues to be a major revenue driver and central to its ecosystem of products.
  — Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• Everything that happens to [the central] character happened to me.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 1 May 2018
• This statement-cum-question homed in on the two central, and in some senses competing, charges that are being levied at the prime minister.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2020
• The German legend has been key to Chicago's central midfield since joining the club last season.
  — Jamie Goldberg, OregonLive.com, 30 Mar. 2018
• The album was a proof of concept, an exploration of the kind of empowerment central to Tate’s music.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2021
• Set the scene On the corner of the swanky Avenue George V, Fouquet’s is smack dab in tourist central.
  — Caitlin Gunther, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Jan. 2026
• Even a persona as dazzling as Lil Nas X makes biographical show-and-tell central.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2021
• When asked why Chicago was the most logical city for a third location, Burt cited the artistic culture central to the city.
  — Audrey Gorden, RedEye Chicago, 3 July 2017
• The aides administer tests and help nurses with the interviewing and bookkeeping central to the program.
  — Maddie Bender, STAT, 31 Oct. 2021
• Yu said, and proceeded to school me in the balancing and harmonizing of flavors ⁠— a tenet central to Chinese cooking.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2019
• Santa Anna, the Mexican general central to the story, wasn’t so bad.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 20 July 2021
• The Jersey Shore city, in the central to southern part of the state, is also home to multiple massive yeshivas that attract young men from around the world.
  — Philissa Cramer, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2021
• For more than a decade, this has been the tug-of-war central to the singer and songwriter’s art and her public image, but recently, her self-protection instincts have been thawing a bit.
  — Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2020
• The meetings took place less than two weeks after twin earthquakes devastated north-central Venezuela, killing thousands and leaving tens of thousands homeless.
  — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 7 July 2026