How to Use import in a Sentence

import

1 of 2 verb

• Vikings razed most of the forests a thousand years ago—so all wood has to be imported.
  — Kathleen Renda, House Beautiful, 16 Aug. 2018
• India imports about 90% of its oil.
  — ABC News, 4 June 2026
• Most of the food that was imported from Norway was fishy in a good way.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
• The board was made out limestone that was imported from France.
  — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 10 Feb. 2026
• Japan is now importing it at speed in ways that slam living standards.
  — William Pesek, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• That's no small feat in a country that imports more than ninety percent of its food.
  — Lauren Mowery, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• Once the drugs were imported, the law would not allow the state to sell them to other states.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 16 May 2018
• Now, farmers can just import hay, but that wasn't an option for the Vikings.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 24 Mar. 2022
• Well, we both import and export oil, Margaret.
  — CBS News, 21 June 2026
• Cuba has been forced to import most of the food the population eats.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• Pakistan still imports a third of its energy.
  — ABC News, 12 Apr. 2026
• Pakistan still imports a third of its energy.
  — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2026
• The cost of any such items imported from other countries would not be deductible.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 27 May 2017
• Rich countries can work their way out of food calorie shortages by importing food.
  — Deepak Ray, The Conversation, 9 July 2019
• Skylines that are more than 25 years old can be imported from Japan.
  — Jason Green, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2019
• Shows are both imported from afar and grown in the District’s backyard.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
• Since then, Jihad says the group no longer imports any electronics.
  — Lauren Frayer, NPR, 12 Apr. 2026
• The bishop of the church was the first to import knives and forks to the Faroe Islands.
  — Katherine Lagrave, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025
• Many restaurants that serve poke in Hawaii, however, do import ahi.
  — Adam Skolnick, Longreads, 10 Aug. 2020
• Xi said that China would import more than $22 trillion in goods over the next decade.
  — Bloomberg.com, 4 Nov. 2020
• India also imports more than half of its natural gas.
  — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
• The pier is used to import cars and for delivery of oil to the Valero refinery.
  — Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2022
• The finest olive oils, cloths, leather goods and items imported from all around the Mediterranean would’ve been on sale here.
  — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2025
• Half of them involve importing ocean water.
  — Joanna Allhands, AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025
• The deer were imported to the island about 100 years ago for sport hunting.
  — Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 31 Jan. 2026
• At the same time, Iran has been unable to import food or industrial goods.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2026
• The home comes with a new steam shower and handmade glass tiles imported from England.
  — Catherine Reagor, azcentral, 14 May 2018
• Choose from shrimp, fish (whole and fillet), crab, and more, fished straight from the Gulf or imported from around the world.
  — Reviewed Staff and Laura Jazmin Tolliver, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2019
• Critics say the crackdown on refugees is pointless when Japan needs to import labor.
  — Joseph Coleman, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• Put it on a flash drive or in your Dropbox, then sync it over and import it on your new PC.
  — Whitson Gordon, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2020

import

2 of 2 noun

• They sell luxury imports from around the world.
• This is an issue of little import to voters.
• This car is an import from Italy.
• And the source of those imports?
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
• Some will pay the higher price of the import.
  — Mike Patton, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The state’s high imports also play a role in its high prices.
  — Paige Lambermont, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
• For the most part, people who get the import bikes want to ride.
  — Steve Metsch, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
• In fact, its import is banned in the EU.
  — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 17 May 2026
• Union naval blockades cut off coffee imports from to the city.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 3 Feb. 2020
• Carter’s push for an oil import fee was one example.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• Where else could Cuba find oil imports?
  — Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 18 Mar. 2026
• So if space and convenience are of big import, this might not be your first choice.
  — Lesley Kennedy, CNN Underscored, 25 Sep. 2020
• Some might be more imports like [Chivilli].
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 3 Feb. 2026
• That raises the price of imports in pesos.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
• Japan, for instance, imports almost all its oil, most of it through the strait.
  — ABC News, 25 May 2026
• There seemed to be a cause large enough in its historic import to be worth killing and dying for.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
• Which country is the source of an import is not the only factor.
  — Ken Roberts, Forbes, 28 May 2021
• So the import path always looks cheaper.
  — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
• State law prohibits the import or sale of invasive plants in any form.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2021
• Thailand and Malaysia saw an uptick in imports after the ban.
  — Sean McNaughton and Kelsey Nowakowski, National Geographic, 22 June 2019
• That would offset some of the effects of the tax since a dollar would buy more imports.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Apr. 2017
• Still, her slave characters walk the Earth with the import of gods.
  — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Apr. 2018
• Most of those extra imports will come from Europe.
  — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
• This British import traces stardom through the lens of trauma.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2022
• Otherwise there wouldn’t have been the demand for imports in the first place.
  — Julie Heath, Cincinnati.com, 7 Sep. 2017
• The old world was one of scarcity and dependence on imports.
  — Dan Eberhart, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
• Tariffs are a tax on imports, both finished goods and inputs.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2025
• Their young core will lean on veteran imports for some guidance.
  — Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
• Many of the books are autographed first editions and imports.
  — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 26 July 2023
• The import of gold and silver has gone up since the country went into lockdown.
  — Prathamesh Mulye, Quartz India, 27 Aug. 2020