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.
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The hope is to at the very least play hard and execute.
—oregonlive, 1 Mar. 2022
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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
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James Harden and the 76ers were able to execute with the game on the line Sunday.
—Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 8 May 2023
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And his team didn’t execute and walked away with no points.
—Kelsey Conway, The Enquirer, 12 Oct. 2022
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This team has to go out and execute at a very high level.
—Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 27 July 2022
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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
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Planning the heist How the characters execute the heist is up to them.
—BostonGlobe.com, 29 Mar. 2023
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So, to execute this plan, people would have to ship huge loads of the compounds from Earth.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Aug. 2024
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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
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Joyce said the Wildcats were able to execute their press break in the third quarter, and that proved to be the difference.
—Joe Noga, cleveland, 12 Mar. 2022
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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
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The Horned Frogs are expected to take care of business but still need to execute.
—Dallas News, 2 Nov. 2022
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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
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The Tar Heel State has not executed a death row inmate since 2006.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
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One of the Jewish owners of the ice cream shop was executed by firing squad.
—Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
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Um, so this campaign was put together to execute to peak at the right time.
—cleveland, 6 Apr. 2022
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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
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Second, the Cowboys did not execute well, not just on the offensive line but the tight ends.
—Dallas News, 7 Jan. 2023
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The bride clarified that each idea only took about a minute to execute if not less time.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 27 May 2025
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The flooding in the region would make that plan much more difficult to execute.
—Anna Gordon, Time, 6 June 2023
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Most of the mayhem is executed in great style, though some visual effects fall short of the mark.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
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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
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How does the Board execute its oversight of cyber-risks?
—Betsy Atkins, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
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Like in Mario Kart 8, executing a taunt (with the drift button) at the apex of a ramp will let players get a little speed boost.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 6 June 2025
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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
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Making these blondies are a bit of a labor of love and require tempering eggs, but trust me the process is easy to execute.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 6 June 2025
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