How to Use of a in a Sentence

of a

phrase

• May the hand of a friend always be near you.
  — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
• All on top of a pretty large to-do list.
  — Marcy Klipfel, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Sounds like the plot of a tear-jerking movie, no?
  — David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
• All of this is part of a new chapter in the lives of the stars.
  — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 17 Apr. 2024
• James, in fact, is as much of a baller as there has ever been.
  — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
• Your book grew out of a TED talk.
  — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
• Rogers was in the middle of a divorce.
  — Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
• Yes, bread can be part of a balanced diet.
  — Laura Schober, Health, 29 Sep. 2025
• Panahi mimed cradling a reptile the size of a kitten.
  — H. C. Wilentz, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Like the swell of a wave drawn irresistibly to the shore.
  — Taran Khan, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
• That scan revealed a tumor the size of a raisin in her brain.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
• But in one case, the son of a local cop was involved.
  — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
• A bit of a ‘body through the door’, but a necessary one.
  — Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
• Still, the new funding won’t make much of a dent in the district’s needs.
  — Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2026
• The road that ribbons through the foothills rises and twists like the tail of a cat.
  — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
• This wasn’t just a case of a team scoring a last-minute winner, though.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
• He was supposed to be just one part of a remade puzzle.
  — Mike Defabo, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
• Colm Dillane is the man of a thousand side-quests.
  — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Sep. 2025
• What’s the name of a popular Irish dance move?
  — Nicole Harris, Parents, 16 Mar. 2026
• Maybe a little hit on the crop but hopefully not too big of a hit.
  — Charlie Lapastora, CBS News, 16 Feb. 2026
• That’s how good of a game was played at Allen Fieldhouse.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Jan. 2026
• Sombr is in the midst of a huge week on the Billboard charts.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
• Use the ax head of a garden mattock to cut through the roots at the base of the stump.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 July 2026
• The thrilling, nail-biter of a series made this year’s win that much richer for him.
  — Kevin Dotson, CNN Money, 4 Nov. 2025
• Holding up the process is the lack of a clear upgrade anywhere.
  — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• Some slept on mattresses on the floor of a tunnel.
  — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
• Social media can make or break the success of a high-street buy.
  — Alice Cary, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2026
• The supple leather of a Birkin bag and the waxy wood of a surfboard.
  — Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
• This is not a transplant of a high-end hotel in the middle of nowhere.
  — Emily Adler, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Apr. 2026
• This makes his predictions sound like the stuff of a madman or a prophet.
  — David Kushner, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023