How to Use easy in a Sentence

easy

1 of 2 adjective
  • They scored an easy goal late in the game.
  • It wasn't easy for her to leave home.
  • He's had an easy life.
  • It was an easy decision to make.
  • I hope this will make things easier for you.
  • There are no easy solutions to this problem.
  • This new schedule should make our lives easier.
  • It's surprisingly easy to use.
  • I won't feel easy until I know that she arrived safely.
  • But the process has not been easy.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
  • That putt on the last isn’t easy.
    Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That turned out to be the easy part.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2026
  • That’s the part that’s easy to miss.
    Robert Rapier, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • The sleeves are easy to roll up, too.
    Olivia Dubyak, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • That’s an easy one—a can of paint.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 28 Sep. 2025
  • This isn’t the stuff that’s easy to see.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 16 Mar. 2026
  • If all this sounds too easy to be true, guess again.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The soil is wet enough that hand pulling should be easy for now.
    oregonlive, 14 May 2022
  • The sport is easy in that respect.
    Ben Church, CNN Money, 8 June 2026
  • Both of these offers are easy to use.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But getting there was no easy feat.
    Kaio Cesar, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
  • Both of these rewards are easy to use.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
  • So no one said this is going to be easy.
    ABC News, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Their task in the final will not be easy.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • You guys have a fun, easy rapport.
    David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 13 Apr. 2026
  • There’s an easy answer in my brain.
    Erin Clack, PEOPLE, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The journey to that point was not easy.
    Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 22 June 2026
  • That guessing game isn't an easy one.
    Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • Her own words don’t always make that easy.
    Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • There's no room for error in this easy recipe.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 13 Apr. 2026

easy

2 of 2 adverb
  • He just wants to take life easy now.
  • Things in life for me haven’t come easy.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2026
  • That doesn’t make what these firms do easy.
    Charlotte Hu, Time, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The Braves could breathe easy again.
    Miami Herald, 22 May 2026
  • The grill grate is hinged, which makes adding coals very easy.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2023
  • Take it easy and watch the parade go by.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 25 May 2026
  • The website makes the next step easy.
    Michael Fox, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
  • But fitting back in isn’t that easy.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • Death talk comes easy for her, Dale told the group.
    Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • The drop seat made peeing easy.
    Anna Callaghan, Outside, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Things didn't always go very easy.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • People can say all kinds of things to let you down easy.
    Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But Present Nick is not about to go down that easy.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 15 Mar. 2026
  • So the first four weeks showed us that the Browns won’t go down easy.
    Albert Breer, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • In other words, take it easy and wear a shoe that’s made to love life.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Editing photos on the go just got wicked easy.
    Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lemon cake mix makes these cookies extra easy to make.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Myers didn’t get here by taking it easy.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The wheels make getting it out and putting it away super easy.
    Kathleen Willcox, Popular Mechanics, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Some trends, like Chelsea boots, are pretty easy to pull off.
    Megan Gustashaw, GQ, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Robin is easy-breezy at Smith, but misses them all so much.
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Plus, lemon cake mix makes these cookies extra easy to make.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 22 Apr. 2026
  • To be successful, keep the game easy.
    Evan Webeck, Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Apps designed for trust make leaving easy.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Start small, go easy and match the level of challenge with your skill.
    Emily Messina, The Conversation, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Getting this far didn’t come easy and was a mixture of skill and luck.
    al, 25 May 2022
  • Ask for low-maintenance, piecey bangs to keep styling easy.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Bill had not served during wartime, but the battle metaphors still came easy.
    Tiffany Stanley, Washington Post, 3 Nov. 2021
  • And that makes our decision easy.
    The Denver Post Editorial Board, Denver Post, 4 June 2026
  • Glou-glou is an easy-drinking wine that’s light, fun and highly fruity.
    Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026

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