How to Use idea in a Sentence

idea

noun

• My idea is to study law.
• He has an idea for a movie.
• Buying the car was a bad idea.
• Whose idea was it to leave so early?
• My idea was that if we left early we could beat the crowd.
• She's always full of new ideas.
• Starting her own business seemed like a good idea at the time, but it turned out badly.
• It's a good idea to talk to people who have actually been there.
• I'm not sure what to do next. Do you have any ideas?
• I have some ideas for redecorating the room.
• Send comments, complaints and ideas to [e-mail].
  — Kenya Romero, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2023
• As a whole, experts say focusing on foods that aren’t processed is a good idea.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 23 Apr. 2023
• Got thoughts, questions, ideas, concerns, compliments or maybe even some recs for me?
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 12 Oct. 2024
• Just a few ideas for Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds to chew on ahead of their next outing.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 11 Oct. 2024
• The homeowners came up with a genius idea to cut their teal lacquered linen game table in half to make two console tables.
  — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 8 Apr. 2023
• And the Cross of North Alabama, once just an idea, is now on the brink of reality.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 9 Apr. 2023
• If the oven is more your speed, sheet-pan dinners provide blissful hands-off simplicity with weeknight meal ideas like sheet-pan salmon and potatoes.
  — Alma Avalle, Bon Appétit, 12 Oct. 2024
• Her women talk—and talk and talk, and then talk some more—and in each exchange the quotidian details of life spark ideas and insight into the human condition.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
• Amid the growing attention to tree canopy — and an infusion of federal funding — more than a dozen cities are convening to share ideas and plan the urban forests of the future.
  — Alex Brown, oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023
• But some ideas are, for now, only thought experiments: a result, many say, of political gridlock and policy inertia.
  — Talmon Joseph Smith, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
• North Carolina’s western mountains were once seen as a climate haven—safely inland and elevated—but that idea washed away in the Helene rains.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
• There was a story there about someone who started out a certain way, had very specific ideas and dreams, fears, insecurities and family issues, and then something happened.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Oct. 2024
• Even with a constant influx of Germans from the north, bringing with them new ideas and a fresh outlook on the world, the village’s rural roots and religious values remained at the heart of its identity.
  — Julia Boyd, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Send ideas and tips to [e-mail].
  — The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024
• Please email ideas to [e-mail] and [e-mail].
  — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2024
• Story tips and ideas can be sent to [e-mail] and on X: @s_rumpfwhitten.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2024
• So, too, is having fresh ideas — the more out there the better.
  — Jeff Gage, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
• Dhillon took an idea of Sanon’s and blended it with one of her own.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 May 2024
• To one politician, the time was ripe for a bold idea: a four-day workweek.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Oct 2024