How to Use have a go in a Sentence

have a go

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  • Does Bruce have a go-to food vice?
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe that was enough to make the case that someone else should have a go.
    — Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 15 July 2024
  • Not one bit, if the mainstream media wants to have a go at you, right?
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 May 2023
  • Treat this recipe as a principle, have a go, then why not come up with your own combos?
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • And while most folks have a go-to recipe for peach or blackberry pie, a fig one may not be in their repertoires.
    — Josh Miller, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2024
  • By the second day, a few dozen people had gathered around his table, eager to have a go.
    — Christopher Byrd, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Despite wearing heels, the duchess was more than game when offered a chance to have a go on a tall, winding slide in the play area.
    — Omid Scobie, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2022
  • Hulu appears to be done with the property, so let Murray have a go.
    — Vulture, 5 July 2022
  • Every Southerner should have a go-to cornbread recipe.
    — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The British royals were invited to have a go at this artisan craft.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Cerys Jones Which of the middle of the pack can actually have a go?
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Give your audience their own markers (or crayons) and encourage them to have a go at their own version.
    — Janine MacLachlan, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • Yarmosky looks to have a go-to outfit formula, too, keeping things low-key and sharp with tailored pants and simple knits.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2026
  • If any of the links are missing or broken, feel free to make a note in the comments, but please also have a go at finding them yourself.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 2 June 2012
  • Nonetheless, Kanye will likely have a go of independence on his terms.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Upon returning to England, the two friends decided to have a go at it themselves.
    — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Captain and goalkeeper Hugo Lloris was the first to have a go; quite explosively, too.
    — Joshua Law, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Ambassadors and Influencers will follow, and the sale opens to the general public after all three tiers have a go at the deals.
    — Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 13 July 2026
  • Later, have a go on the wave simulator, then dry out in the Treasure Island Arcade.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
  • Just dive in and have a go – for example, pulling up various different reports for different time periods.
    — Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Each astronaut will have a go on the spacecraft's flywheel exercise device during their first full day in space, but getting in a quick workout is far from the day's main event.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2026
  • This belief, a sort of curse of the mummy avant la lettre, did not encourage the average linguist to have a go at the Rosetta Stone.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Nov. 2021
  • For the second time this season, Gordon refused to give way when a Newcastle team-mate had the temerity to suggest someone else might have a go.
    — George Caulkin, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Aside from as a fertilizer, wood ash has plenty of other uses around the garden—and our experts each have a go-to way to utilize the material in their own outdoor spaces.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Gas giant planets would be too far from the white dwarf and likely too cool to be bright enough to be imaged, although the JWST might be able to have a go.
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Conor Schmidt asking his cat to have a go at FPL — and his cat ranking 222nd out of almost 13 million players.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Inspired by Napoleon Bonaparte, who opened bubbly with his sabre in both victory and defeat, the hotel's bottle-chopping fun offers guests the chance to enjoy a free drink and even have a go at sabring.
    — Kari Wilkin, The Week Uk, theweek, 2 July 2024
  • Maybe a pair of children or a particularly svelte, enamored couple might have a go at sharing the bed, but otherwise the Camp 2 might be more of a three-person than a proper four-sleeper.
    — New Atlas, 18 Sep. 2024
  • So a team at Anthropic thought Claude, free of mortality and blessed with superhuman invulnerability to boredom, should have a go.
    — Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Their relationship is the inflection point for Down and Kay to really have a go at their targets as Yasmin taps into her inner Machiavelli.
    — Carole Horst, Variety, 14 Dec. 2024

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