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.
• But no one should count him out.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2025
• And for this list, that’s what counts.
  — Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
• Okay but sauces don't count as a sub recipe right?
  — Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
• The first hours of sleep are the ones that count most.
  — Allison Palmer, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
• Votes cast for Scott will not count.
  — Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
• And that our votes count and matter.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• There are too many patches to count.
  — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
• The rest of his career doesn’t count.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
• If true, that would count as perjury.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 May 2026
• Could that count as a career goal, too?
  — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
• In short, count them out at your peril.
  — Dan Cancian, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
• The rest of their career doesn’t count.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2026
• That should count for something.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2026
• For starters, there are a lot of ballots to count.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
• Don’t count your eggs until they’re snatched.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026
• Yeah, that doesn’t fully count.
  — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
• Take a deep breath in through your nose while counting to four.
  — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
• Rather than counting swings, these clocks count light waves.
  — Andrei Derevianko, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2026
• The song also counts with a remix by Maluma.
  — Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
• Start counting your Kohl's cash now.
  — Kasey Caminiti, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
• Only the best of two runs counted at the end.
  — Reuters, NBC news, 11 Feb. 2026

count

2 of 2 noun

• Miller faces five felony counts.
  — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Sep. 2025
• The pitch count kind of got up.
  — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 26 Feb. 2026
• All three charges are felony counts.
  — Elizabeth Pritchett, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
• All but two counts filed are felonies.
  — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• As part of a plea deal, one count was dropped.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
• The Tigers did their best to work counts.
  — Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2025
• Lai pleaded not guilty to all counts.
  — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
• Hold your breath in for seven counts.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
• Part of it is lack of getting ahead in counts.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 9 May 2026
• Your thoughts on the matter count, too!
  — Tabitha Britt, Flow Space, 29 Oct. 2025
• Leakes pleaded guilty to all four counts.
  — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
• Exhale through your mouth for eight counts.
  — Carley Millhone, Health, 2 Oct. 2025
• Calls in each of those counts were challenged twice.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
• Ready to join me in upping your step count this year?
  — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
• Both are facing two counts of felony drug charges.
  — Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 21 Jan. 2026
• All counts are third-degree felonies.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
• There’s less early-count chase.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
• And sometimes, that’s what counts.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
• He has been charged as an adult with four counts of felony murder.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 23 Feb. 2026
• Both their counts are still growing leaps and bounds by the day.
  — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 15 July 2026
• Two of the four felony counts are hate crime charges, police said.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 18 June 2026
• Prescott then used a hard count to get the defense to show its hand.
  — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Think of them as Thoreau with thread counts.
  — The Editors, Outside, 18 Mar. 2026
• The episode count for Stewie has not been revealed.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2026
• Sateen weaves can reach up to a 1,000 thread count.
  — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 3 Sep. 2025
• Just kind of some bad pitches in 3-2 counts.
  — Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
• Nunez was booked into jail on one count of murder.
  — Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
• For years, marketers have been judged by lead counts, but those days are gone.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026
• By my count, this is your fourth Stagecoach in a row.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
• Navarro went for the pin, but only got a two count.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2026