How to Use count in a Sentence

count

1 of 2 verb

• Count the plates on the table.
• She made sure to count her change.
• He counted seven deer in the field.
• Can your daughter count yet?
• Keep counting until there are no more left to count.
• Count how many fingers I am holding up.
• Don't interrupt me. I'm counting.
• There are 10 days left until the end of school, counting from today.
• There will be 150 people at the wedding, not counting children.
• Taking care of them counts just the same in the win column.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2024
• Get ready to count down to the 12 days of Christmas with Candy Cane Lane.
  — Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 6 Dec. 2023
• For the Sisyphean morass that is the U.S. Congress, sometimes the attempt is what counts.
  — Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 22 June 2023
• The five-minute bee delay will not count in the time of game for the series finale.
  — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 27 Aug. 2023
• The group had to guess when an hour had passed, counting the seconds.
  — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 20 Oct. 2023
• The systems force us to ask if our kind of thinking is the only kind that counts.
  — Joshua Rothman, The New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2023
• And so in this moment, our nation again counts on the leaders in this room.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 20 July 2023
• And that's not counting the non-players who will be key.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 3 June 2023
• The leading player will start with a two-shot lead, and all of them can count on spots in the majors next year.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
• In Phoenix, a high of 108 degrees Fahrenheit now somehow counts as a respite.
  — Andrew Needham, The Atlantic, 4 Aug. 2023
• The companies that funded the park insist their offset would still count if the dam floods part of it.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 15 June 2023
• The ballots are then collected and counted in open view of the caucus.
  — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2024
• Sweatshirt pockets now count as bags and are subject to the size limit.
  — Hayley Tillett, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2023
• The Pentagon counts more than five dozen such attacks since then.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 21 Nov. 2023
• Until then, fans will have to watch the clock on Rodrigo's website count down to the big release.
  — Kate Perez, USA TODAY, 14 June 2023
• Killer Mike is counting his blessings in the face of what might leave many others bitter.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• The truth is, though, that anything that counts as a solution for you is likely to be a problem for him, at least in the short term.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• These are just the things that can be counted or estimated.
  — WIRED, 10 July 2023
• The fire roared for a few hours before it was knocked down and bodies could be counted, according to the sheriff.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 June 2023
• Desert ants living in the featureless salt plains of Tunisia count their steps and erect tall entrances at their nests to find their way back home.
  — Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 23 June 2023
• How do state and federal wildlife agencies count wolves?
  — Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 5 Mar. 2024

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count

2 of 2 noun

• Trump has pleaded not guilty to all counts in the case.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024
• Pause for a count, keeping your hips at the same level.
  — Men's Health, 28 Apr. 2023
• Based on our count, the number of lifts will jump to 11, with eight being open to the public.
  — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 16 Jan. 2024
• Officials are unsure what the cost of a hand count would be.
  — Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 16 June 2023
• Each of the six counts in the indictment is punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• If convicted on all eight of his counts, Thug faces decades in prison.
  — Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 27 Nov. 2023
• The men have been charged with three felony counts of theft and possession of criminal tools.
  — Andy Attina / Cleveland.com, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
• Trump was indicted for the fourth time and charged with 13 counts in Georgia on Monday.
  — Ella Sherman, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• The Royal Luxe duvet has a plush feather down filling and 240-thread count for the softest cover to wrap up in at the end of the day.
  — Kayla Kitts, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• He could be sentenced to life plus 25 years if convicted on all counts.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2023
• The person asleep in the driver’s seat, a 14-year-old boy, was arrested on a count of grand theft auto.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2024
• Aiding its counts, a remix featuring Khalid arrived May 5 (the first day of the tracking week).
  — Gary Trust, Billboard, 15 May 2023
• These sheets have a 300-thread count and are soft without being overly silky.
  — Nena Farrell, WIRED, 12 July 2023
• The 480 thread count, long-staple cotton lends to the cover's velvety softness.
  — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2024
• Holmes was sentenced on four counts of fraud in November 2022.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 30 May 2023
• Letourneau later pleaded guilty to two counts of child rape.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Jan. 2024
• For the square grid, the vertex count grows relatively slowly.
  — Quanta Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023
• The escape was discovered as part of the inmate counts that occur when the inmates come in from the exercise yard.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• In court, he was charged as an adult with four counts of aggravated murder.
  — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• Danny Masterson was found guilty of two counts of rape in retrial, faces up to 30 years in prison.
  — USA TODAY, 1 June 2023
• The maximum sentence for each count of wire fraud is 20 years in federal prison.
  — Cassidy Jensen, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2023
• In exchange, the government dropped the remaining counts.
  — Robert Legare, CBS News, 12 July 2023
• The former president was charged with four felony counts last month in Washington, D.C., and more than a dozen felonies this week in Georgia.
  — Laurel Rosenhall, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2023
• But while 95% of the comments were opposed, according to a legislature count, the bill passed.
  — Bill Weir, CNN, 16 June 2023
• The judge said there was enough evidence for Rocky to face the two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
• She was found guilty of four counts of wire fraud and conspiracy to commit fraud against the company’s investors.
  — Eli Tan, Washington Post, 14 June 2023
• Contract your pelvic floor muscles and hold for three counts, then exhale and return to the starting position.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 12 July 2023
• Melendez, who earlier made a nice diving catch, struck out on a 2-2 count.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 Mar. 2024
• The three men, who pleaded not guilty, were charged with one count of conspiracy in the fourth degree, with a maximum penalty of four years in prison.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 22 Feb. 2024
• There may also be a second trial, scheduled for next March, for some other counts that were severed from this case.
  — Elizabeth Lopatto, The Verge, 3 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024