How to Use execute in a Sentence

execute

verb

• He was captured, tried, and executed for murder.
• They carefully executed the plan.
• The quarterback executed the play perfectly.
• The pilot executed an emergency landing.
• But at the end of the day, only the player can go out on the court and execute.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023
• James Harden and the 76ers were able to execute with the game on the line Sunday.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
• And his team didn’t execute and walked away with no points.
  — Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2022
• This team has to go out and execute at a very high level.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022
• Next up are the pullups, where Orr must execute 12 reps with slow and controlled form for a top score.
  — Philip Ellis, Men's Health, 8 May 2022
• Planning the heist How the characters execute the heist is up to them.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• So, to execute this plan, people would have to ship huge loads of the compounds from Earth.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
• Help your boss execute their master plan with this nifty notepad that won't break the bank.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 17 Nov. 2022
• In 2022, the Reds seemed to never figure out how to execute relay plays from the outfield to home plate.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 31 May 2023
• The Horned Frogs are expected to take care of business but still need to execute.
  — Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
• Currently, there are no specifics as to how much land has been burned or the size of the crew executing the prescribed fire.
  — Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
• The Tar Heel State has not executed a death row inmate since 2006.
  — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
• One of the Jewish owners of the ice cream shop was executed by firing squad.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
• The squad also followed the guidance of coach Darren Kelso to execute the mental and team facets of the game.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 11 June 2024
• Second, the Cowboys did not execute well, not just on the offensive line but the tight ends.
  — Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2023
• The flooding in the region would make that plan much more difficult to execute.
  — Anna Gordon, Time, 6 June 2023
• Most of the mayhem is executed in great style, though some visual effects fall short of the mark.
  — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
• Lee executed a pitching wedge shot, looking for the ball to not carry much, but to roll down the fairway and reach the green.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
• How does the Board execute its oversight of cyber-risks?
  — Betsy Atkins, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
• No one has a realistic roadmap in place to execute this dream project on a large scale, just yet.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
• But the losers of each round are executed in the survival game until one victor remains and takes home the cash prize.
  — Carly Thomas, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• Hazel had executed her own Big Day with the help of her family.
  — Ned Rozell | Alaska Science, Anchorage Daily News, 10 June 2023
• Pastrnak, struggling to get clean looks and cleanly execute shots of late, flipped from the right side of the formation to the left.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022
• Days to plan and execute a feast of epic proportions that will be talked about long after the last turkey leg is stripped clean.
  — al, 14 Nov. 2022
• Yet, there’s no point in thinking about Indiana if the Knicks aren’t going to execute the basics against the defending champions.
  — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 15 May 2025
• John Adams’s Antony and Cleopatra might be one of the most precisely engineered, solidly constructed, and elegantly executed operas of the past 25 years.
  — Justin Davidson, Vulture, 13 May 2025