How to Use max in a Sentence

max

noun
  • The boat can hold a max of 20 people.
  • But as with many of our deals, the sell-by date is two days, max.
    Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2018
  • Come on, store, just do the work for me and give me, like, a dozen max.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022
  • An office is a place to live life to the fullest, to the max.
    Alesandra Dubin, Woman's Day, 12 Jan. 2023
  • There is a max of four tickets per person.
    Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • These leggings are amazing and hold all the fluff in to the max.
    Andrea Navarro, Glamour, 27 Dec. 2022
  • Of course, Tyler, and, more to the point, his agent, will ask for the max.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 24 May 2022
  • These next couple of days are going to be fun and packed to the max.
    Matt Szabo, latimes.com, 17 June 2018
  • And, yes, that’s with all visual settings cranked to the max.
    Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 6 Jan. 2020
  • For those who are counting, that’s 34 spots, four more than the max.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The Sharks are already going to be stretched to the max with their cap.
    Garrett Wroblewski/guest Columnist, The Mercury News, 9 June 2019
  • The Lakers still had enough cap space to sign Leonard to a max deal.
    Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2019
  • That would put the Suns in position to sign a free agent to a max deal.
    Scott Bordow, azcentral, 8 July 2018
  • All that will validate why the Suns didn’t give him the five-year max.
    Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2021
  • The Wolves also made a strong push, but their offer stopped short of the max.
    Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 23 Jan. 2021
  • And while we're used to Michele's all-in menswear, this jacket takes that ethos to the max.
    GQ, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Plus, the stronger the motor, the greater the max speed, Giordano says.
    Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 17 Oct. 2020
  • The limits cut down testers to five turns per session and a max of 50 per day.
    Richard Lawler, The Verge, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Find your max heart rate by subtracting your age from 220.
    Jakob Roze, Health, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Williams and Pittman both need to have a full season of games to showcase their skills to the max.
    oregonlive, 30 Mar. 2021
  • As the fastest player around the bases, Madonna flashes her skills to the max.
    Duane Byrge, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 July 2019
  • Our traders reviewed the over-the-max bet and offered to take it at the -150 odds.
    oregonlive, 11 June 2020
  • The throttle simply cuts out at the lower max speed of Class 2.
    ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • Using a bit more juice, the superyacht can hit a max speed of 16 knots, too.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 2 June 2026
  • At its max, the Dallas site can hold 103 people.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The phone hit a max of 752Mbps down and 219Mbps up.
    Eric Zeman, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The truck will have an electric range of 200 miles and a max speed of 55 miles per hour.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
  • Both figure to command max or near-max deals when their rookie-scale contracts expire in the next few years.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • Even Trocheck’s max skating speed hit the 99th percentile last season.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2025
  • The Cavs gave him a max contract in the summer of 2018 for moments like that.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 8 Jan. 2020

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