How to Use component in a Sentence

component

noun
  • The interview is a key component in the hiring process.
  • Hard work has been a major component of his success.
  • He sells spare computer components.
  • The red onion, the jalapeños, loved the ranch component.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Those things are components that are scary.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
  • To open it up, flip the lamp on the end over to free the components.
    New Atlas, 10 Oct. 2025
  • So what are the eight components?
    Veronique Greenwood, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
  • There are a few key components.
    Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • So there’s that component as well.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 1 June 2026
  • This component is part of the circuit for both the horn and the airbag.
    Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
  • But there isn't a component of the team that is tired of winning.
    SI.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • Of course, some of those scents likely come from the rye component.
    David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • The results showed that pine tree resin or tar (pitch) was the main component.
    ArsTechnica, 2 May 2026
  • Curate each component as part of a whole.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Roos is driving through those legs, the strength component here.
    Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Feb. 2019
  • Though the components are the same as last year's, the software isn't.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The key is that the move features, in its component parts, a whole lot of pulling.
    Tony Gentilcore, Men's Health, 30 Nov. 2022
  • And then the last component is the pastry.
    Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And so to watch those guys get drafted, man, and live out a component of their dreams.
    Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026
  • But there will be a restaurant component, too.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Those are only some of the components.
    Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • There are two components to this offer.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Nana’s menu brings a restaurant — or, at least, cafe — component to the game, too.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Why mess with the one component of tennis that is doing well.
    Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 10 June 2018
  • That type of model has an electric component that heats the oil.
    James Fanelli, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022
  • Providing homes with a fresh coat of paint is just one component of the project.
    Jennifer Simonson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The Torax software is a key component of the project.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But this is also a group with a strong ethnic component.
    Torie Bosch, STAT, 6 June 2026
  • And that that’s just one component of his plan to modernize city hall.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 14 Apr. 2022
  • It’s believed that the film component of the deal will take effect next year.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 Oct. 2025

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