How to Use of in a Sentence

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• What is the name of the band?
• The value of the antique is high.
• What is the total cost of the repairs?
• We admired the courage of the young woman.
• I threw out that old shirt of yours.
• She's a friend of my mother's.
• He had the support of his family to help him.
• He is a coworker of mine.
• Helm learns some of their sounds.
  — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
• Miller wasn’t part of those games.
  — Sean Gentille, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• Pritchard made a lot of them tonight.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
• Maybe the best game of the decade?
  — Jack Lang, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• Love has missed two of the last three.
  — Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2025
• And maybe that was the point of it all.
  — Shayla Martin, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
• Talk about an end-of-the-night treat!
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 2 Feb. 2026
• Overnight, the storm had turned both of them white.
  — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• His long triple from the top of the arc was off.
  — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026
• The tweaks should fix much of what has long ailed it.
  — Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2026
• New York is one of those three states.
  — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 16 Feb. 2026
• Bums, and two types of frontage (in-y, out-y).
  — Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
• This is still very much a sit-and-sip type of place.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026
• How like the child of mortal man!
  — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
• But the care and keeping of me?
  — Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
• Not all types of cholesterol are bad.
  — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 25 June 2026
• One light source between the two of them.
  — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• None of it mattered once the ball went up.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
• See the full list of winners here.
  — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
• What’s the challenge in front of us?
  — Aaron Heisen, Oc Register, 16 Mar. 2026
• Blackouts stretched for much of the day.
  — Chris Kenning, USA Today, 21 May 2026
• Add a couple of ice cubes to each bowl.
  — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 14 May 2026