How to Use nonessential in a Sentence

nonessential

adjective

• All nonessential personnel had to be laid off.
• Please avoid all nonessential uses of water.
• But in March, the border was shut to nonessential travel and all that ground to a halt.
  — Ben Harris, sun-sentinel.com, 9 Sep. 2020
• But the border has been closed to nonessential travel since March 2020.
  — Gene Johnson, Star Tribune, 29 June 2021
• When the city shut down all nonessential businesses, he was laid off.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2021
• The border is set to remain closed to nonessential travel through at least June 21.
  — Joe Yogerst, CNN, 16 June 2021
• As part of the new rules, Canada and the U.S. have closed the border between the two countries to nonessential travel since late March.
  — Sebastian Blanco, Car and Driver, 29 Aug. 2020
• The border between the U.S. and Canada has been closed to nonessential travel since last March.
  — Paul Vieira, WSJ, 24 Feb. 2021
• That’s slowed a bit since both countries banned nonessential travel in March.
  — Jonathan Wosen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2020
• Madrid and some areas in Spain have ruled out nonessential travel.
  — Jay Heflin, Washington Examiner, 29 Oct. 2020
• The coronavirus pandemic forced nonessential stores across the city to close for months.
  — Roland Li, SFChronicle.com, 13 Jan. 2021
• Inna spent a moment thinking about a nonessential item to bring.
  — Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 20 June 2022
• The virus increased the risk of death among nonessential workers by only 11 percent.
  — NBC News, 31 Aug. 2021
• This is a good time to put off any larger, nonessential purchases.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 22 June 2022
• The island's beaches and nonessential shops have been ordered closed.
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2021
• The Clinic postponed the same types of nonessential surgeries Nov. 13 but resumed them Nov. 23.
  — Evan MacDonald, cleveland, 4 Dec. 2020
• Starting Wednesday, all nonessential stores, schools, and hairdressers will have to close.
  — Harold Maass, TheWeek, 14 Dec. 2020
• In Germany, even as many nonessential stores opened last week for the first time in months, health officials called for caution.
  — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2021
• The portion of the document viewed by The Hill does not list agencies that are considered nonessential.
  — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 4 Apr. 2025
• With Italy banning nonessential travel from the U.S., the Rileys would need to secure passports and visas to allow them in.
  — Priscilla Totiyapungprasert, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2020
• Finally, there’s a low power mode, like the iPhone’s, that shuts off nonessential features and extends the watch’s battery life to up to 36 hours.
  — Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
• Land borders will also reopen early next month for nonessential travel, the first time that will be the case in 19 months.
  — Karen Kaplan Science and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2021
• Come next week, people will be allowed to return to gyms, nonessential shops, and pub gardens.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 7 Apr. 2021
• The border between Canada and the U.S. remains closed to all nonessential travel.
  — Rob Gillies, USA TODAY, 21 June 2021
• Why are workers being called back for nonessential work in the middle of a pandemic?
  — The New Republic, 13 Jan. 2021
• The mine continued to produce gold until 1943, when it was deemed nonessential to the World War II effort and ordered to shut down.
  — Loren Holmes, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Aug. 2022
• The city's ban on nonessential travel is on hold after a judge ruled in favor of Mayor LaToya Cantrell.
  — Chelsea Brasted, Axios, 31 Mar. 2025
• Brussels also wants to end the EU's safe-country list for nonessential travel.
  — Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2021
• During a government shutdown, all government workers deemed nonessential are furloughed until a deal is reached to reopen the government.
  — Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
• Image The city authorities in Beijing advised residents to avoid nonessential travel, and postponed soccer matches that had been scheduled for the weekend.
  — John Yoon, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025