How to Use online in a Sentence

online

adjective
  • The city libraries are all online.
  • He likes to engage in online chats.
  • Many of the comments used the argot of the online far right.
    David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The Sweeney ad has been the subject of both online praise and anger for over a week.
    Jay Stahl, USA Today, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The genre has even worked its way into the worlds of online rap and digicore.
    Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Dec. 2023
  • If the device is still online, it can be tracked or made to play a sound.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 May 2025
  • But the school was among the first to transition to online Zoom classes.
    Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The Ragnarok forums sent me on my first trips down the online rabbit hole.
    Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Taste of the Browns is scheduled for Monday, Sept. 12, but the online auction is open now.
    Marc Bona, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
  • The murder case does not yet appear in online court records.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 6 Dec. 2022
  • She is listed in online BOP records by her dead name, the name she was assigned at birth, and as male.
    Katie Moore, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2024
  • That’s when an online friend who was well-versed in the ways of speedrunning issued him a challenge.
    Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Fire victims can fill out a online Google form and Aerie will ship out a package.
    Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Liles has pleaded not guilty and a trial date has been set for March 4, online court records say.
    Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Psychics weighed in with their visions, and online groups played the Where-Is-Relisha game.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
  • And some pro tips to protect your website with free online tests.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The online store also highlights a few entrepreneurs, like Pierre Thiam, the chef and founder of Yolélé.
    Lily Gray, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Feb. 2022
  • The man has since been detained in Texas, according to online records.
    CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Or, if a student is learning from home, but through an online course of study, is their home their school?
    Michael McShane, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • For Sharing: Make an online gift at sharing.azcentral.com.
    Roxanne De La Rosa, The Arizona Republic, 13 Nov. 2022
  • In the past several years, online marketplaces have changed the face of business across the globe.
    Fernando Castellanos, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But there’s one corner of the world where the very online penchant for micro-shorts has yet to take hold: Bermuda.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 26 July 2024
  • The online retailer's iconic two-day sale brings out the best deals of the year for Amazon Prime members.
    Emily Shiffer, Women's Health, 14 June 2023
  • The group had to freeze its online inquiry form for the last weeks of 2022 to allow staff time to catch up, hire more people, and strategize for the year ahead.
    Jamie Ducharme, Time, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This may mean logging in to your account and filling out an online form.
    CBS News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The federal process will include four online video meetings in the next three weeks, all open to the public.
    Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 13 Nov. 2022
  • As of May, 30 states across the U.S. had legalized online sports betting.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2022
  • However, like all online nonsense, there’s a grain of truth in it.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • Temple of Wings will head to a live auction in New York on June 14, in addition to online sales.
    Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 11 May 2023
  • Recent reports have shown that even adults can struggle with emotional dependence on a chatbot, which can blur the lines between the online world and reality.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 14 Aug. 2025

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