How to Use core in a Sentence

core

1 of 2 noun

• The molten core of their amore?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2025
• There’s a clear core to this team now.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
• The drum from the Earth’s core.
  — Literary Hub, 19 June 2026
• When the core premise is sound, the rest flows from there.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Your core and legs stay tight so your hips don’t drop or rise.
  — Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 5 Mar. 2026
• At the core of her travel look?
  — Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 25 Sep. 2025
• The core message is in two parts.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 10 Oct. 2025
• At the core of that growth is people.
  — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2026
• This is the core of the problem.
  — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
• This is against my core values.
  — Antonio Martinez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
• Those core values stuck with our dad.
  — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
• Take a deep breath and engage your core.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026
• Some of those early core lessons?
  — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 22 May 2026
• At its core, this is about purpose.
  — Shelli Brunswick, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
• That idea repelled him to his core.
  — Joy Press, Vanity Fair, 18 Feb. 2026
• This pose engages the legs and core.
  — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 11 Mar. 2026
• And that’s event planning at its core.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
• Yet the men in your books always have a very nice core.
  — Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 8 Jan. 2026
• That’s the calling card of this Aces core.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• So that’s a core group that earned the right to keep running it back.
  — Jayson Stark, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• And to last so long, the rest of the core has to iron out its wrinkles.
  — Fred Katz, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026
• That is Greenspan’s core legacy.
  — George Calhoun, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• A little formal maybe, but warm at its core.
  — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 5 Feb. 2026
• At its core, this issue is not simply about wages.
  — Peter Mattes, Baltimore Sun, 26 Mar. 2026
• Caglianone must hit to support the core of the offense.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2026
• All that was left was the yellow core of the vegetable.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026
• Plus, there is a lot of depth and a good core of returners.
  — Cj Moore, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
• Stretching your team too thin puts your core business at risk.
  — Bernardo Martinez, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• My core skills include [list 5-7 skills].
  — Cynthia Pong, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
• Engage your core, and keep your back flat and neck neutral.
  — Jenessa Connor, Health, 10 Apr. 2026

core

2 of 2 verb

• Each jackfruit is large and needs to be cored—and the core is quite sticky.
  — Brierley Horton, Ms, Rd, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
• Peel and core the apples, then slice into thin wedges.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
• Add 1 pear, peeled, halved, cored, cut sides down, and cover pan.
  — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 Feb. 2026
• Then peel and core the rest of the pineapple and chop into ¼-inch chunks.
  — ExpressNews.com, 24 Aug. 2020
• Shoulders should be stacked over wrists, core tight, legs straight and engaged.
  — Women's Health Editors, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
• Now, core the persimmon and peel until you’re left with just the flesh.
  — Christian Reynoso, SFChronicle.com, 30 Oct. 2020
• Slice each artichoke in half and core out the chokes (the furry part above the heart).
  — Michael A. Gardiner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2022
• The stonemason then uses a drill to core out half a dozen or so cylinder blocks from each slab.
  — Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2026
• Peel and core the apples, slice them, then cut them into thick matchsticks and add half of them to the salad.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• The tip easily cored the strawberries, and the knife felt light and balanced to hold.
  — Cai Cramer, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
• Peel, halve and core the apples and place them in the lemon water to prevent discoloration.
  — Beth Segal, cleveland, 17 Sep. 2021
• Peel, halve and core one of the pears, then cut it into 1/2-inch pieces and stir it into the batter.
  — Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2022
• The researchers collected about 38 total soil cores from both sites that had burned and sites that had not.
  — Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2023
• The modest upside to core CPI fell well short of that threshold.
  — Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2025
• Alternatively, peel and core the tomatoes, then run them through a blender on the lowest speed.
  — Emily Horton, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• Teams will also have a chance to offer a franchise tag to one player who is eligible to be cored.
  — Doug Feinberg, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2026
• Ingredients 2 cups ice cubes 1 cup cored and halved fresh strawberries (from 8 oz.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 30 July 2023
• In one motion, squeeze glutes, straighten legs, lift torso, and thrust hips forward, while swinging the weight to chest height, keeping arms straight and core tight.
  — Andi Breitowich, Women's Health, 9 Mar. 2023
• When galaxy cores have jets appearing to shoot out perpendicularly, they are called quasars.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 1 Apr. 2023
• Other Democrats want to pare back the bill to core voting protections to try to put Republicans on the spot.
  — Star Tribune, 11 May 2021
• Scholars are seeking ‘middle ground’ on orthodoxy that allows questions but remains true to core church teachings.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2020
• The Misen paring knife performed just fine, neatly coring, slicing, and peeling during our tests.
  — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Dec. 2025
• Nearly every muscle involved in this lying-to-standing movement—from legs to core to chest to shoulders to arms—is required for completing just one rep.
  — Jeff Tomko, Men's Health, 13 Dec. 2022
• Apple The efficiency cores improve a lot over M1—but M2 did, too.
  — Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 31 Oct. 2023
• As industry leaders often set the trend, their actions may well indicate a broader shift in focus back to core financial strategies.
  — Bob Rubin, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
• Prepping apples for these dishes generally involves coring and cutting them without using the seeds.
  — Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 31 Jan. 2026
• Jay Dicharry developed this unstable board to sync your hips and core with your feet for better balance, stability, and power.
  — Lindsay Berra, Men's Health, 18 Jan. 2023
• How will core processes interconnect?
  — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• The four campaigned as a slate, emphasizing what many residents see as issues core to daily life in Huntington Beach.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• The seafloor within the rings around the barrels had hardened like concrete, preventing them from collecting samples with a coring device that would be inserted into the seafloor.
  — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2025