How to Use default in a Sentence

default

1 of 2 noun

• The defendant has made no appearance in the case and is in default.
• You can enter your own settings or use the defaults.
• Which font is the default in that computer program?
• Open the file in the default app.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• Open the file in its default app.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2025
• The project’s lender filed a loan default.
  — George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
• Large shred This is the default side most of us turn to.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
• His default setting is to put points on the board.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
• For an edgier vibe, dark tweed is the default.
  — Gena Kaufman, InStyle, 30 Dec. 2025
• The suadero has become my default over time.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
• Who did the founders pick, either by choice or by default?
  — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2026
• This default response to drugs has failed for decades.
  — Grey Gardner, Oc Register, 15 Mar. 2026
• The office is no longer the default.
  — Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• For years, classic box braids were the default.
  — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
• Let’s not let the city lose one of its crown jewels by default!
  — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
• These days, softer blowouts with a hint of curl are her default.
  — Anneke Knot, Allure, 10 Oct. 2025
• Change the default router password right away.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 Dec. 2025
• That’s why there’s a default judgment against him.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
• Hiring through it is the default.
  — Steve Taplin, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
• Chat services are off by default.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026
• The bottle used to be the default for a table of four.
  — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
• So almost by default, Leslie had to say yes.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
• Client 3 got hit with a default judgment.
  — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
• By no fault of his own, Greg was the backup to my default.
  — Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
• The tool is enabled by default, but is still in beta.
  — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 13 Mar. 2026
• The feature will be off by default, Google said.
  — Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2026
• With the settlement, that rate will no longer be the default.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• Your teen gets safer defaults by default, giving you peace of mind.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
• But most of my tests were with the default 12-megapixel mode.
  — Medea Giordano, WIRED, 19 July 2023
• Hide your friends list This may be one of the app’s sneakiest defaults.
  — Heather Kelly, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024

default

2 of 2 verb

• If the borrower defaults, the bank can take the house.
• The program defaults to a standard font.
• Software loans are not about to default in a wave.
  — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
• If age isn’t clear, the system defaults to teen mode.
  — Larry Magid, Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2025
• Leaders tend to default to one or the other.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 May 2026
• Students default to the study platform their peers use.
  — Bowen Liu, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• And that's what many business owners default to.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 23 June 2026
• Teenage girls always default to chicken strips and French fries.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
• Some landlords will default — leaving the banks holding the bag.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Feb. 2024
• Those borrowers often have no choice but to default.
  — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
• The body defaults to self-preservation.
  — Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 17 June 2026
• These apps often default to a faster, dumber model.
  — Matt Shumer, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
• Biden and McCarthy agree that the nation cannot default on its debt.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 7 Feb. 2023
• Founders default to a pitch that fits twelve other people in their industry.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• This teaches both your partner and your own nervous system to default to trust.
  — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• People default to what feels natural to them.
  — Johnny C. Taylor Jr, USA Today, 12 May 2026
• These are not reasons to keep defaulting to the single-grantee model.
  — Frédérique Irwin, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• Restaurants used to play it safe, defaulting to fish tacos and relying on rooftop views to bring in crowds.
  — Amber Gibson, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Apr. 2026
• Perhaps most telling, when left with nothing else to do, our brains default to thinking about the future.
  — Dr. Deepika Chopra, Flow Space, 16 June 2026
• So far, apartment owners aren’t defaulting or having their projects seized by lenders.
  — Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
• The clips create a tighter seal than simply folding the top of a bag over, which is the method many people default to.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 23 Apr. 2026
• Behind his wife’s back, Frankie lost all the cash, then defaulted on the mortgage for their house.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
• Most often than not, men on the red carpet find a way of defaulting to a simple black tuxedo.
  — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Of course, some companies default.
  — Dave Smith, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2025
• But these efforts haven’t stopped it from defaulting to cartoonish tropes.
  — Szu Yu Chen, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• But that means office property owners could be more likely to default on their debt.
  — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2023
• Without faith, leaders often default to fear, over-control, or ego.
  — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
• Fitch expects a large chunk of the $61 billion of top-concern loans to default by the end of the year.
  — Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2023
• Many borrowers are unable to make their monthly payments, and some may even default on their loans.
  — Juan Carlos Medina, Forbes, 17 July 2023
• Without action by Congress, the nation could default on its debt as soon as six weeks from now.
  — John Wagner, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023