How to Use effect in a Sentence

effect

noun

• The effects of the drug soon wore off.
• He now needs more of the drug to achieve the same effect.
• The total effect of the painting was one of gloom.
• The color gives the effect of being warm.
• He was able to stop taking the drug without ill effect.
• The experience has had a bad effect on him.
• He achieves amazing effects with wood.
• The change in policy had little effect on most people.
• Computers have had a profound effect on our lives.
• This treatment causes fewer ill effects.
• But what was the effect of that?
  — Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• This place has that kind of effect.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2026
• The proof of cause-and-effect isn’t there yet.
  — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
• Here’s what makes the cause-and-effect so hard to prove.
  — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2026
• But either way, the effect may be the same.
  — David Goldman, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
• But its effects could be felt much farther away.
  — Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 9 Apr. 2026
• That means these measures can have a speedy effect.
  — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2025
• Research on its gut health effects is mixed.
  — Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 9 Sep. 2025
• The fiber in raisins helps offset this effect.
  — Lauren O'Connor, Health, 28 Oct. 2025
• Alerts for frigid cold are also in effect.
  — CNN Money, 29 Jan. 2026
• This effect is why the eclipse is often called a blood moon.
  — Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 5 Feb. 2026
• Fresh cherries may not have the same effect.
  — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 26 Feb. 2026
• The water and heat effects were well-timed.
  — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Mar. 2026
• But the effects are still being felt.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 11 June 2026
• Those laws went into effect last year.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC news, 19 Mar. 2026
• Ristau spoke about the film’s effect and how one life can change many.
  — Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 19 Mar. 2026
• The effects came faster than with the gel—tender breasts, mood swings.
  — James Marcus, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
• Rather than grow and divide, cells in famine mode are, in effect, stalled.
  — Mark Barna, Discover Magazine, 24 Sep. 2018
• The ceasefire is still in effect.
  — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
• Of course, coffee’s effects aren’t one-size-fits-all.
  — Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, Health, 29 Oct. 2025