How to Use origin in a Sentence

origin

noun

• Her ethnic origins are French.
• What’s the origin of that twist?
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
• For instance, no one knows the origin of dog.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
• The origins of this problem can be traced back decades.
  — Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
• The origin or purpose of the drone flights is not yet clear.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
• Tell me about the creative origins of this project.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 May 2026
• Cooper talked about the origins of the film.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
• The origin of the videos are unclear.
  — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
• The project’s origin story is just as earnest.
  — Jeff Miller, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2026
• The fire’s origin appeared to be from a heater that was in a wall.
  — cleveland, 19 Feb. 2021
• This was a far cry from the origin story that the team had been told.
  — refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
• There’s no exact origin for the phrase.
  — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 8 May 2026
• See inside and learn about its origin.
  — Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Oct. 2025
• Right Now The trend has a clear origin point.
  — Allison Palmer updated June 4, Sacbee.com, 4 June 2026
• This alone explains the word’s origins.
  — Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• That speaks to the origin of my drag style, where all of my drag was monster drag.
  — vanityfair.com, 26 June 2017
• The origin could be tied to the back of a sewer plant where a fire sparked last year.
  — Chelsea Curtis, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2021
• The origins of the project date back to 1981.
  — Chilekasi Adele, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
• The origin dates on each matched the date of the file, or at most was one or two days away from it.
  — James Warren, The Hive, 12 Dec. 2017
• But at least part of her origin story is squarely here.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 11 Feb. 2026
• In other words, what is the origin story of your book?
  — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
• Even the origin story of the sword in the stone gets questioned.
  — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Mar. 2022
• Despite being heard for miles, no one seems to know the origin.
  — Aubrey Wieber, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2020
• The idea for the project is rooted in the brand’s own origin story.
  — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
• The hot dog’s origin story is murky, but a few things are concrete.
  — Emily Atkin, The New Republic, 3 July 2018
• But returning to its origins, in a lot of ways, seems to have paid off.
  — David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• Some of them pointed to the hypocrisy here, given his own origins.
  — Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 2 Sep. 2025
• The origin seems to make sense since mature toms have long, flowing snoods.
  — Alice Jones Webb, Outdoor Life, 21 Mar. 2025
• Gabriel, what’s your origin story?
  — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
• Details of their port of origin and what caused the boat to sink were not released.
  — Mark Price The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 13 Oct. 2022