How to Use cue in a Sentence

cue

1 of 2 noun

• Those cues get lost on screens.
  — Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• This is your cue to slow down and listen.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Jan. 2026
• In any event, this is your cue to take a step back and recharge.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
• Mia was the cool one who never missed a cue.
  — Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Feb. 2026
• That's your cue to divide them.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Apr. 2026
• So then what's the visual cue then?
  — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026
• This is your cue to rest — work smarter, not harder.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
• Even the smallest food cues can be enough to draw them in.
  — Katie Cloyd, Martha Stewart, 10 Jan. 2026
• Deal with this music, drop my cues, do these shows, be on time.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2026
• Deal with this music, drop my cues, do these shows, be on time.
  — Andy Greene, VIBE.com, 9 Feb. 2026
• This is your cue to shine bright, Taurus.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
• Sara Mearns was missing her cues.
  — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Since when do Yankees fans need cues to make noise?
  — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• A lot of my cues came through the creature itself.
  — Leia Mendoza, Variety, 26 Sep. 2025
• And right on cue, spring’s best new menswear seems to match that more relaxed mood.
  — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2026
• That chorus is your cue to start looking up.
  — Jessica Safavimehr, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
• To change a habit, become aware of your cue and reward.
  — Sara Ellis Conant, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• The trouble is that these cues can mislead.
  — Tim Requarth, Longreads, 9 Apr. 2026
• Consider this your cue to get in line.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
• Many birds migrate at night using dark-sky cues.
  — Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 12 May 2026
• And such cues can vary widely among cultures.
  — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
• This was their cue to keep working on the puzzle in a dream.
  — Veronique Greenwood, Time, 26 Feb. 2026
• Take a cue from the stars and start whipping out blazers this fall.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2023
• And now, experts are taking this cue.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
• These cues help shape messages that resonate more deeply.
  — Sarah Procopio, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
• On days without a commute, build your own start-and-stop cues.
  — Julia Korn, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• His supporters take their cues from him.
  — Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 29 Jan. 2026
• Take a cue from this guest and use the shade as a strategic pop of color.
  — Amanda Le, InStyle, 14 June 2026
• Right on cue, Chloe Kelly whips in a ball from the left.
  — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
• Young Lili is already taking style cues from her mom.
  — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 2 Apr. 2026

cue

2 of 2 verb

• So here’s your sign (and mine) to cue up your breezy bottoms for spring.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2026
• Thus cued the stagehand who emerged to the right wing of the stage, mop in hand.
  — Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• Have a short exercise video or app cued up for nap time.
  — Laura Baehr, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
• Cue the music, cue the mood lighting, cue the warm smile.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
• So, cue the music for Trey Lance.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Slices were passed around; someone cued up the birthday song on a phone.
  — Chang Che, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
• So, cue the sound of sizzling beef tallow and check out what might be in store.
  — Will Stone, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
• So get out something to take notes with and cue the nostalgia.
  — Tessa Cooper, Southern Living, 14 Nov. 2025
• That alone is enough to cue the shark-in-the-water music from Jaws.
  — Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 10 May 2023
• So Fox cued up a clip of herself on screen, much to the child’s boredom.
  — Eric Andersson, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2025
• Cheadle clearly figured out that his main job here is to cue her up and get out of her way.
  — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2026
• As the new kid in the band, Mayer soon learned which cues to take from Weir.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 17 Feb. 2026
• The goal is to cue children that sleep is coming with a calm bedtime routine.
  — Lily Hautau, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
• Mister Ed, with a thread in his mouth to cue the movements of his talking.
  — T Kira Madden, refinery29.com, 3 Aug. 2021
• Solar eclipses can cue them to start swimming toward the surface.
  — Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
• Our brains are cued by the daily rhythm of the Earth’s rotation and have evolved to sleep at night.
  — Holly Haber, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
• Glimmers are small moments that spark joy or peace, which can help cue our nervous system to feel safe or calm.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2022
• No one but no one sings a heartbreak ballad like Adele, so cue us all being shattered.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 17 Nov. 2021
• As the replay got rolling, Schwab and Dean cued up the next series of cutaways.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 11 June 2026
• The teacher cued us onto our bellies for a backbend sequence.
  — Allegra Givens, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• Kiss sun damage goodbye, and cue the compliments.
  — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 3 June 2026
• To flesh out the narrative and give the moniker meaning, Vrabel even cued up a clip from the film.
  — Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• And then cued up like a gift is the filmography of Jason Statham.
  — Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
• So grab some popcorn, turn out the lights, and cue up a few of these kid-friendly Halloween movies for a fun night at home.
  — Christin Perry, Parents, 22 Aug. 2023
• The Best of Gladys Knight and the Pips was already cued up on the table.
  — Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
• Bust out your best glasses, cue up the show, and pour yourself a round or two of this Yellowstone bourbon.
  — Mark Stock, Men's Health, 11 Nov. 2022
• At 4 years old, a child suddenly seems more like a little person than a baby (cue the happy tears).
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 1 Nov. 2023
• Jasso cued it up on a speaker hanging from his jeans, but the beat became increasingly hard to hear over the rain.
  — Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
• And, of course, cue the fire because Beavis and Butt-Head are back with an all-new series.
  — Ryan Parker, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2022
• But when your ears go — usually around age 65 — there’s little to cue you in to all the noises popping off around you.
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 12 May 2023