How to Use new in a Sentence

new

adjective
  • He bought the car new.
  • I saw their new baby for the first time.
  • I made a new friend today.
  • They planted new trees on the campus.
  • She couldn't afford a new car, so she bought a used one.
  • She is eager to see his new apartment.
  • They visited the new library.
  • This is my new stepsister.
  • Some of the jokes have to be new if two weeks have gone by.
    Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2023
  • And not a whole lot is new, but a whole lot is the same.
    John H. Tucker, cleveland, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The episodes of the new series will air at the same time on both networks.
    Megan Friedman, Country Living, 29 Oct. 2018
  • Kashyap says that her new book is not just meant for moms.
    Sweta Kaushal, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Next month, cut the long branches to force plants to grow new shoots at the base.
    Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Oct. 2022
  • The notion that the brain talks to the immune system isn’t new.
    Esther Landhuis, Scientific American, 13 July 2018
  • Maybe the mayor should try a new plan to curb the violence.
    Star Tribune, 8 July 2021
  • And that’s fair because this is new—not just the drug, but the idea of the drug.
    WIRED, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Kind of a breath of fresh air to learn a new offense and being around the guys the last two days.
    Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This is all new to me, and things are changing so fast.
    Evan Waite, The New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2022
  • The new rule is: The least amount of disturbance to your soil is the best way.
    Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2018
  • But the new crop of juniors propelled the Red Raiders to state.
    Paul Johnson, Elgin Courier-News, 14 July 2018
  • Twelve new homes have been built in the past five years, and eight of those homes were built in the last two years.
    Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Dec. 2017
  • The weekly event also draws riders who are new to the sport.
    Dallas News, 21 May 2021
  • The orange-and-black egg next to it brings a sense of new hope this summer.
    Bird Brown, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 4 Apr. 2021
  • After an hour, the tile counters looked like new, and the kitchen gleamed.
    Marni Jameson, OrlandoSentinel.com, 13 July 2018
  • But the war in Ukraine is testing those values in new ways.
    Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Aidan Hutchinson won’t have to go far to find his new home.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 29 Apr. 2022
  • When do new episodes of Daisy Jones & the Six come out?
    Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The bill would start a new hearing aid program for seniors.
    Lisa Mascaro and Farnoush Amiri, ajc, 23 Dec. 2021
  • But that first month of college can be hard with making new friends.
    Fresh U, Teen Vogue, 29 Aug. 2017
  • Elko said when asked about his first impressions of his new team.
    Todd Burlage, The Seattle Times, 30 Aug. 2017

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