How to Use issue in a Sentence

issue

1 of 2 noun

• He should stop dodging the issue and make a decision now.
• The issue is poverty, not race: to talk about race is simply to confuse the issue.
• She is concerned with a variety of social issues.
• Water purity is a public health issue.
• The case involves some complicated legal issues.
• The President's speech addressed a number of important issues.
• There's an interesting article on page 12 of this issue.
• But the justices did not rule on the merits of the issue.
  — Robert Barnes, Anchorage Daily News, 25 June 2018
• That doesn't line up with what polling on the issue shows.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022
• But there are ways to illustrate at least some of the scope of the issue.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2021
• This is where the first ethical issue of the work comes in.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 26 Nov. 2018
• The town of Montverde is to weigh in on the issue in July.
  — Staff, orlandosentinel.com, 7 June 2019
• The issue is set to come to a head on Tuesday in front of the state school board.
  — al, 13 July 2020
• The Tigers took issue with his slide, and the benches cleared.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 31 Mar. 2022
• The Village Board plans to vote on the issue next month.
  — Michelle Mullins, chicagotribune.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• My issue is that the whole point of the space program is to align with the nation's goals.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 Aug. 2022
• Forbes has reached out to the company for a comment on the issue.
  — Siladitya Ray, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• There are other issues that are brought up in the lawsuit.
  — Julia Alexander, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019
• Taking care of the ball has become an issue for the Huskies as of late.
  — Lila Bromberg, Hartford Courant, 20 Dec. 2022
• Part of the issue could be the team’s blocking, which has been subpar.
  — Steve Svekis, sun-sentinel.com, 5 Dec. 2021
• At issue are concerns as to whether the structures will be able to withstand the storm.
  — Charles Passy, WSJ, 15 Dec. 2020
• The issue is some three-season rooms are not built like your home.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• At the very least, the minimum age to work is a states' rights issue.
  — Evie Fordham, Fox News, 9 June 2021
• The most critical issue, sources said, was the breach of trust.
  — Michael Rand, Star Tribune, 17 Aug. 2020
• The rules on this issue vary from state to state, however.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
• Peet’s in and of itself is not an issue, but the notice is.
  — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• That’s less of an issue here because so much is at stake.
  — Joe Morgenstern, WSJ, 6 May 2021
• It's kind of been an issue that's been bubbling for a long time.
  — CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Will the later filing date cause an issue with the state budget?
  — Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 July 2020
• Sense has a clever solution for these issues: spread the lasers out.
  — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2020

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issue

2 of 2 verb

• A steady flow of lava issued from a crack in the rock.
• The bank will be issuing a new credit card.
• The police have issued a warrant for her arrest.
• The king issued a decree forbidding all protests.
• A severe storm warning has been issued.
• The company plans to raise money by issuing more stock.
• The Post Office will issue a new first-class stamp.
• Each employee will be issued an identification card.
• The judge is expected to issue a decision by the end of the week.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 10 May 2022
• Amazon will issue a full refund for the set of faulty chairs.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 8 May 2022
• The city can’t issue new debt without the board’s approval.
  — Jenna Carlesso, Courant Community, 26 Apr. 2018
• So a may-issue regime gives the state a lot of discretion over who gets the permit.
  — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 23 June 2022
• The board has access to records and can issue subpoenas.
  — Sarah Ravani, SFChronicle.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Ulmer did not issue a ruling at the end of the one-hour hearing.
  — Bob Egelko, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 July 2022
• An all-clear has been issued for the Emory main campus.
  — Chelsea Prince, ajc, 25 June 2018
• The panel does not have the power to issue indictments.
  — Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 16 Feb. 2023
• The court is not expected to issue a ruling for some months.
  — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2020
• Because of this statute, few lenders will issue a car loan to a minor.
  — Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 15 Dec. 2022
• The number of tags to be issued will be determined later this year.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Feb. 2020
• So much so that the fire marshal would often issue warnings.
  — oregonlive, 20 Apr. 2022
• In the old days, players were issued one home and one away uniform per season.
  — Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 30 July 2023
• The pilot made the decision to issue the bail-out order.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2018
• The court is expected to issue a full ruling at a later date.
  — Jacob Gershman, WSJ, 12 May 2022
• Officers can issue tickets for not wearing a mask in the city.
  — Lee Roop | [e-mail], al, 10 July 2020
• Tim even had to issue a statement, shutting down the rumors.
  — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2019
• The app issued by Amazon scans packages and tells drivers where to go.
  — Rick Montgomery, kansascity, 26 Oct. 2017
• Michigan State has yet to issue a commented on the fine.
  — Alaa Abdeldaiem, SI.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• For decades, the process worked smoothly, and hundreds of clemency grants were issued each year.
  — Campbell Robertson, New York Times, 12 July 2018
• The number of violations issued this year is not much higher than at the same time last year.
  — Jason Laughlin, Philly.com, 10 July 2018
• The question not yet resolved is who will issue a stablecoin that can gain the world’s trust.
  — Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 June 2022

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024