How to Use great in a Sentence

great

1 of 3 adjective

• The project will require a great amount of time and money.
• There is a very great need for reform.
• The low cost of these products gives them great appeal.
• They're in no great hurry to finish.
• There is a great demand for his services.
• Is there any love greater than that between parent and child?
• The building was restored at great expense.
• This can keep you in great shape.
  — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
• This is a great, very clear script!
  — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 25 May 2026
• Black beans or red beans would be great.
  — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
• The last two games have been great for us.
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• To me, that didn’t feel like a great idea.
  — Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 20 Mar. 2026
• And that doesn’t mean that the strike was great.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 May 2026
• The last two years have been great with the guys.
  — Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 27 June 2026
• The odds aren’t great from that spot right there.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 2 Nov. 2025
• Well, that feels like a great place to leave it.
  — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 14 Feb. 2026
• Berries Berries are a great source of fiber.
  — Jennifer Lefton, Verywell Health, 22 June 2026
• There’s just one = group here and one > (greater than) group.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• All that is needed is a great team.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
• This was one of his greatest fears.
  — Marlow Stern, Variety, 22 June 2026
• But what a waste of a great comic.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• This is a great dish for feeding a crowd.
  — Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
• The truly great ones put those fires out.
  — Scott Wheeler, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
• The two are great scene partners.
  — Grace Byron, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2025
• The defense doesn’t have to be great.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Her not-so-great reason to tie the knot?
  — Rosemary Counter, Vanity Fair, 8 June 2026
• He's won over half of 'em, for those who don't do great with math.
  — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
• That’s what makes the playoffs great.
  — Eric Stephens, New York Times, 4 May 2026
• Three of the books were good (one was great), but one was a slog.
  — Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2022
• Ukraine has made that a much greater challenge.
  — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026

great

2 of 3 adverb

• We had some problems at first, but now things are going just great.
• Keep up the good work. You're doing great!
• She's did great better than some adults.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025
• Both of these options worked great for me.
  — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 27 June 2026
• These should be great longer-term entry points.
  — Jay Woods, CNBC, 26 Feb. 2026
• Well, Lila's off doing great now.
  — Dana Feldman, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• Now that the heat is on, a beach getaway might sound great right about now.
  — Malak Silmi, San Antonio Express-News, 29 June 2021
• And that was enough to send a great many men into a state of unchecked rage.
  — Jennifer Wright, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Dec. 2019
• Daisy is house-trained, walks great on a leash, and loves a good nap in her dog bed.
  — The Republic, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2023
• These crunchy, buttery nuts go great with a piece of fresh fruit or creamy cheese.
  — The Editors Of Men's Health, Men's Health, 29 Oct. 2022
• The Hornets played great and made those plays down the stretch.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2026
• Offense and defense for those guys played great.
  — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
• Hoping this great-sounding food and drink has the vibe to match.
  — Megha McSwain, Chron, 27 July 2022
• For thousands of years, analog maps worked great.
  — Edmund Zagorin, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• The chamois is thick, comfortable, and did great on longer rides.
  — Nikki Rohan, Outside Online, 14 Oct. 2022
• The customer didn’t want a new jacket; his old one still worked great.
  — Outside Online, 2 June 2021
• This was an easy approach to the thank-you issue that worked great for us.
  — Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
• Of course, any dress goes great with a night of dancing and a slice of pizza.
  — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 20 May 2018
• Layout blinds can work great in a field if there’s enough stubble to hide them.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2023
• Along with your front door, the small wreath will look great above a mantle or window.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2022
• But for real, Zac Efron would work great on this show.
  — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
• Skim, 1%, 2%, and whole dairy milk all held up great in our testing.
  — Sheena Chihak, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Oct. 2022
• There’s a lot of guys that are in their last year and want to finish out and want to play great.
  — Mike Rodak | [email protected], al, 25 Oct. 2021
• The Supreme Court could make election night great again.
  — Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 17 Jan. 2026
• Pawl Ruff walks well on a leash, is potty-trained and does great at bath time.
  — Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2023
• Solar can work great, Smil says, but is best where the sun shines a great deal.
  — Paul Voosen, Science | AAAS, 21 Mar. 2018
• Bish was hurt, and Anton went in and won a lot of games for us, played great.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 8 Sep. 2020
• The skort would look great worn with the matching Asana tank.
  — Lauren Taylor, Southern Living, 28 June 2023
• Things were going great on the court, but something was weighing on me.
  — Chuck Schilken, latimes.com, 6 Mar. 2018
• As could be imagined, this did not always work out great for the consumer.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Aug. 2020

great

3 of 3 noun

• All the greats win gold medals.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
• That’s what the greats have done.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
• Both of those guys are the greats, for sure.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
• And then go to Philly and see the greats.
  — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 26 Feb. 2026
• One is the son of one of the school’s all-time greats.
  — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 9 May 2026
• Nobody knows how the greats do it.
  — Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
• Gena is an amazing soul, one of our greats.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
• Even the greats don’t always know.
  — Seth Wickersham, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2025
• Where does that place him among franchise greats?
  — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
• Of course, because that’s what the greats do.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 23 Jan. 2026
• This league is built on the battles of all-time greats.
  — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 9 May 2026
• There is a set of lawyers who do great, but a very large group who don’t.
  — Nicole Laporte, Town & Country, 2 May 2023
• Kobe Bryant — One of the all-time greats.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
• Lemonade cakes are a dime a dozen, but this is one of the greats.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
• Lemonade cakes are a dime a dozen, but this is one of the greats.
  — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• As if he'd been conceived in a lab based on parts of past greats.
  — Shawn Windsor, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2018
• But some of us have always been right about her place among the greats.
  — Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
• And watching the greats stand on the podium.
  — Ren Clayton, CBS News, 21 Jan. 2026
• The ones held up as the greats were almost always white and male.
  — Meherwan Irani, Bon Appétit, 26 Mar. 2020
• Carter can’t wait to rib his fellow gridiron greats.
  — Richard Johnson, New York Daily News, 1 Mar. 2026
• The bluegrass world is mourning the loss of one of its greats.
  — Diana Leyva, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
• Many of those classic slug guns still have a place among the ranks of the all-time greats.
  — Tony Hansen, Outdoor Life, 22 June 2023
• Certainly, on-screen, one of the all-time greats.
  — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
• Two sports greats would be facing off against each other for the last time.
  — Rachel Wilkerson Miller, SELF, 23 Jan. 2024
• The icons, the true greats, adjust and evolve when tested.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
• All the greats have done it, and that is the most feel-good universal film.
  — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
• Shoulder to shoulder with the greats.
  — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 16 Dec. 2025
• Shoulder to shoulder with the greats.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
• Shoulder to shoulder with the greats.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Jan. 2026
• This is the beginning of the end for one of the all-time greats of the sport.
  — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 26 June 2026