How to Use optional in a Sentence

optional

adjective

• Jackets are required at the restaurant, but ties are optional.
• Many optional features are available on this car.
• Registration is optional, not mandatory.
• Add in a pinch of salt (optional splash of vinegar) and bring to a boil 2.
  — Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
• In the gym, a sign said masks had become optional as of Feb. 17.
  — Karin Brulliard and Adria Malcolm, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Apr. 2022
• In the model home, the optional third floor has a full bathroom.
  — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 7 June 2023
• All of the resort's menu items are plant-based, with some optional meat add-ons.
  — Karen Cicero, Parents, 8 Mar. 2024
• The contract would be for five years, with the last two years of that contract optional.
  — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2022
• The optional bacon adds a brawny heft here, but the stew will be just as hardy without it.
  — Melissa Clark, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2024
• All the work is optional and will not count toward a student’s grade.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2023
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 3 Apr. 2024
• Many have made the tests optional, and some won’t consider them at all.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 2 May 2023
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Feb. 2024
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2024
• The question box includes a space for your name, but this is optional.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
• In New York City, face masks have been optional in public schools since March.
  — Juston Jones, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2022
• Add an optional piece of gray cardstock cut into a thin rectangle to the right side of the card.
  — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 31 May 2023
• One’s for the keyboard itself, and the second is optional but enables the board’s passthrough USB-A 2.0 port.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 16 Feb. 2023
• An optional finished basement adds 765 square feet to the open floor plan.
  — Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• The mirror is adaptable, with an optional floor stand or wall mount set-up.
  — Jennifer Nied, Women's Health, 14 July 2023
• This was an optional add-on with last year's S7 MaxV Ultra.
  — Chuong Nguyen, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2023
• Rear-wheel drive is standard on the base model, but all-wheel drive is optional there and standard on the rest of the lineup.
  — Austin Irwin, Car and Driver, 2 Mar. 2023
• Most public schools plan to keep masks optional this fall.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 6 Sep. 2022
• Their next step was to add optional learning days — two each during the winter and spring breaks.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• And the optional services are one of the reasons that the program has been successful.
  — jsonline.com, 21 Sep. 2022
• Yet most schools have kept masks optional for students this year.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 3 Aug. 2022
• The fresh rosemary can be subbed out for dried and the parsley is optional, just for a little extra green.
  — Julia O'Malley, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Feb. 2023
• Save the Harbor/Save the Bay collects cash donations at the end, but that's optional.
  — Steph Solis, Axios, 4 Sep. 2024
• Garnish with parsley and cracked black pepper, optional.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Apr. 2025
• No child should leave a Connecticut school unable to read or write proficiently; literacy is not optional.
  — Ken Barela, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2025