How to Use notify in a Sentence

notify

verb
  • Customers were notified of the changes in the company.
  • I was notified that I did not get the job.
  • Each one comes with its own way to notify you about things.
    Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 17 Apr. 2022
  • Sign up for alerts to be notified when the artists are announced.
    Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2025
  • City staff notified him of it and took the sign down within 24 hours, Evans said.
    Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 13 Aug. 2024
  • She was notified that her case worker no longer worked for the state.
    Claire Stremple, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Once the student left, Crespo told the rest of the class to notify her if a peer seemed upset.
    Meg Bernhard, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2023
  • But each time a change was made, I was notified about what had been altered and why.
    Simone Scully, Parents, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Other deputies were notified the driver was fleeing, and the deputy at the scene chased him.
    River Valley Democrat-Gazette, arkansasonline.com, 8 Oct. 2024
  • The Coast Guard was notified about the overdue sub at 5:40 p.m. and a massive search effort was launched.
    Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2023
  • Then, the court was faced with the task of notifying everyone once again.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Meta says that Instagram users will be notified of the change via a message at the top of their Feed.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lawyers for both sides notified the court on Jan. 5 of a deal to resolve the dueling suits.
    Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2024
  • The content will remain available to the rest of the world and the accounts that were blocked had been notified, the company said.
    Inti Pacheco, wsj.com, 13 May 2023
  • Crew were first notified that some of the toilets were out of order an hour and 45 minutes into the flight.
    Karina Tsui, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The machine will even notify you if the pre-filter needs washing, too.
    Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The parents and sister were outside of the house and notified the first responders that the boys were inside.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The students were doing well, and the parents of all students in the class have been notified by the principal, Mount said.
    Raja Razek, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Which is why if an item does get stuck, the FAA recommends notifying the flight crew.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 21 May 2024
  • The eight Ivy League schools are set to notify prospective students of their fates Thursday evening.
    Melissa Korn, WSJ, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Pilcher and other tribal members set up phone trees to notify the tribe about the raid.
    AZCentral.com, 20 May 2022
  • Pilcher and other tribal members set up phone trees to notify the tribe about the raid.
    USA Today, 20 May 2022
  • On the evening of May 5, officials were notified that seven false killer whales had gotten stuck on the beach.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 9 May 2025
  • The app will even notify you when the system needs watering.
    Mike Richard, Men's Health, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Police said the coroner is working to identify the man who died and notify his next of kin of his death.
    Bebe Hodges, The Enquirer, 19 Oct. 2024
  • The teen's family has been notified, the statement said.
    Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Sometimes a person is pulled out of school or works from home, and must notify close contacts.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 9 May 2022
  • EBay on Wednesday notified customers about the change, which is set to take effect Aug. 17.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 6 June 2024
  • Instead, he was transported to the police station and then to Hartford, Connecticut, and later to Burlington, without notifying his wife.
    Ben Adler, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • Their reflections on freedom come as the nation prepares to celebrate Juneteenth, the federal holiday commemorating the date the last enslaved people in the country were notified of their freedom.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 13 June 2025

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