How to Use contract in a Sentence

contract

1 of 3 noun

• I tore up the contract.
• Have you signed the contract yet?
• The contract requires him to finish work by the end of the year.
• This is the contract right here.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
• The contract should make that clear.
  — Susie Violet Ward, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• Zacha has one year left on his contract.
  — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 5 June 2026
• And there’s the contract, of course.
  — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Roslovic’s contract shows the way.
  — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• No one has a contract with God.
  — Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
• The Avs don’t have a bad contract on the books right now.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
• Winning the fight may not be enough alone to get the contract.
  — Robert Rimpson, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2019
• And the Heat do have the contracts that would match in a trade.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
• Crossroads has signed contracts through the end of this year.
  — Phil Diehl, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 July 2018
• Soon-to-be free agents are playing for contracts.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2026
• One source claimed that her contract had expired.
  — Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
• Every genre has its own contract.
  — Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
• With that in mind, here's a look at the ten worst contracts in world football.
  — SI.com, 11 July 2019
• Wise was brought in on a one-year $5 million contract.
  — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
• This is also a contract year for Drury.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 19 Sep. 2025
• But she was only given a one-year contract in the role.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
• At least a quarter of those plan to move to contract nursing.
  — Lauren Coleman-Lochner, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2022
• Last week, the board approved her 3-year contract.
  — ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
• End their contracts and funding?
  — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 23 May 2026
• He's set to begin the final year of his contract with the team.
  — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
• He was placed on leave after the crash, and his contract expired.
  — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2021
• Gray has a team-friendly contract and a track record of some success.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 4 June 2021
• Dubas hasn’t offered a contract.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Realmuto did not want to talk about his contract.
  — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• Deals, contracts must mean something.
  — Maria Mendiluce, Time, 30 Jan. 2026
• Here, the structure of his contract hurts his trade value.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

contract

2 of 3 verb

• The muscle expands and then contracts.
• The hot metal contracted as it cooled.
• She contracted her lips into a frown.
• By this time, the scope of her life had contracted.
  — Anika Burgess, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
• There is still plenty of risk for those who contract the virus.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 26 June 2021
• Adults have less of a chance of contracting the virus.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
• How Stafford is thought to have contracted the virus.
  — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 20 May 2026
• And as more people contract it, the odds of new variants rise.
  — The Associated. Press, Arkansas Online, 23 Nov. 2021
• Heat can cause paint to crack and expand or contract on paintings.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2025
• Many people who contract the virus lose their senses of taste and smell.
  — Jiayang Fan, The New Yorker, 10 May 2021
• Should contract terms change now that coaches are more likely to be fired?
  — Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
• It is spread through bites or scratches, and humans can contract it.
  — Sarah Ladd, The Courier-Journal, 1 July 2021
• Her husband did not contract the virus but did self-isolate for two weeks.
  — NBC News, 2 Oct. 2020
• Spending had contracted in the first three months of this year.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
• As the bones contract, small screws are released inside her legs.
  — New York Times, 29 Aug. 2021
• The bridge joints are designed to expand and contract.
  — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 18 Feb. 2026
• The lips are pursed and air is forced out of the lungs by contracting the core muscles.
  — Matt Parrott, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
• Once that balance is reached, that’s where the star stops contracting.
  — Big Think, 24 Apr. 2026
• Many hope the festival will contract in scale.
  — Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2025
• And, there are often few if any symptoms should a person contract it.
  — Sarah Midkiff, refinery29.com, 27 Apr. 2021
• The city would contract with an auditor as needed rather than hire one full-time.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
• Trump is far from the first world leader to contract coronavirus.
  — NBC news, 2 Oct. 2020
• When wrapped around a suspect’s arm and chest, the tubes would swell and contract with the motion of their heart.
  — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
• And as years go on, these zones never really contract.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 9 May 2026
• That rollout will say a lot about how the virus spreads and whether the economy will contract again.
  — Dallas News, 21 Aug. 2020
• Google is the first hyperscaler to contract for the battery tech.
  — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
• All told, nearly three dozen people contracted the virus, and eleven died.
  — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
• Most Kansans who contracted the virus were young children.
  — Sofi Zeman april 6, Kansas City Star, 6 Apr. 2026
• Your gut is lined with nerves that work to expand and contract to push food through your digestive tract.
  — Korin Miller, SELF, 25 Aug. 2020
• This music expands and contracts time.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 1 May 2026

contract

3 of 3 adjective

• That might sound like a lot of work to put in for a business that’s still only a potential client, but a few hours spent during the pre-contract process would have saved me six months of frustration in the long run.
  — Christopher Tompkins, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• Contract and re-contract expectations.
  — Inga Bielińska, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
• The board, which has been acting as a mediator, was expected to issue contract recommendations.
  — Diana Lambert, sacbee, 2 Nov. 2017
• That was after Dowman signed a pre-contract agreement with the north London club (his father handled the negotiations).
  — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 17 Mar. 2026
• The 26-year-old can speak with foreign teams and reach a pre-contract agreement from January 1 as his current deal is scheduled to expire in June.
  — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
• The 26-year-old can speak with overseas teams and reach a pre-contract agreement from January 1 as his current deal is scheduled to expire in June.
  — Gregg Evans, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
• Central defender Harry Maguire, also out of contract in July, can sign a pre-contract agreement with another club now.
  — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
• The defender has only been with Scunthorpe since early September, joining them on non-contract terms after impressing during pre-season.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
• Mueller was eyeing a potential midseason transfer to a Belgian team according to a report from the Athletic, but ultimately settled on the pre-contract process.
  — Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 21 July 2021
• But with the Dodgers winning back-to-back World Series championships, coupled with Kyle Tucker’s mega-contract signing in the offseason, fan sentiment favors a system that increases competitive balance.
  — Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• Head coach Andy Butler saw enough during pre-season and the opening month of the campaign proper to sign Gjoshe on non-contract terms on September 6, providing cover following injuries and suspensions for Jean Belehouan, Oliver Rose and Joe Starbuck.
  — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2025
• Yuna McCormack — Denver Summit, midfielder Denver’s 2026 expansion team made a splash by signing a pre-contract agreement with USWNT captain and Colorado native Lindsey Heaps.
  — Theo Lloyd-Hughes, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026