How to Use different in a Sentence

different

adjective
  • The two brothers could not have been more different.
  • He has a very different style of dressing.
  • We need to try an entirely different approach.
  • That movie certainly was different.
  • They met with each other on several different occasions.
  • There are a lot of different things that the precinct does.
    Karen Zurawski, Houston Chronicle, 14 July 2019
  • This all could have been much different had the ball been a few feet to the right.
    Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2022
  • There were valances above, and the lights were different.
    Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 12 July 2018
  • This episode is going to be a bit different from the rest.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2021
  • How does the play get the audience to dig in in a different way now?
    Liz Appel, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2022
  • The images that have been used over and over have to be used in a different way.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2022
  • That fell through, and a lot of things look different this year.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 June 2020
  • What struck me most was how different our prompts and queries were.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 14 May 2023
  • And for each of those events, a different type of dirt is required.
    Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
  • There are five book carts available across different parts of the jail.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 19 June 2023
  • There are guys that can do different things with their body.
    BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
  • That case count can be different than the one listed here.
    Staff Report, NOLA.com, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Last year, those eight weeks were hard in a different way.
    Benjamin Naddaff-Hafrey, Curbed, 26 Nov. 2021
  • The mat comes in different colors and is something that can last for years to come.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 6 May 2022
  • Each game has its own shelf life, and this was no different.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2020
  • The taste is a little different at first but now I am used to it and love it.
    Susan Brickell, Health.com, 16 July 2019
  • Hirtzel has a different plan for the bathroom project on his list.
    Mark Davis, kansascity, 1 Mar. 2018
  • If just one of those were true, the Mets would be in a much different place.
    Michael Beller, SI.com, 4 July 2017
  • And again, none of this is too different from what he’s said on air.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 May 2023
  • This year’s group is a lot different than Wolfe’s teams in the past.
    Marcus Gutierrez, Houston Chronicle, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The math is very different today, thanks to growth of Dane.
    Craig Gilbert, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 May 2021
  • Chaos reigned as rival rebel groups took control of different parts of the city.
    TIME.com, 26 Oct. 2017
  • To be clear, both films couldn't be more different in tone.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 26 Dec. 2022
  • On the live-theater stage, things seem to be different.
    Marilyn Bailey, star-telegram, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The sound of deer footfalls in crunchy leaf litter is no different.
    Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2020

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