How to Use par in a Sentence

par

1 of 2 noun

• He made a par on the ninth hole.
• He made par on the ninth hole.
• She made nine pars in a row.
• She finished the 18th hole three strokes under par.
• But that was par for the course.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
• That’s par for the course for a four-win team.
  — Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• This one was a gut punch very much on par with those.
  — Noah Trister, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2026
• That's par for the tag fighter course.
  — PC Magazine, 11 Oct. 2025
• Suber has birdied the two par 5s each of the three rounds.
  — ABC News, 13 June 2026
• That puts it on par with other big hits this year.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
• This is par for the course for the media, though.
  — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
• Well over half the field is at even-par or better.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 8 May 2026
• That’s on par with bariatric surgery results.
  — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 June 2026
• Well, yes, but that’s par for the course with most pop songs these days.
  — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 6 May 2026
• Those pars sparked the turnaround.
  — ABC News, 18 June 2026
• So seeing a sun dog seems par for the course right now.
  — Graham Averill, Outside, 29 Jan. 2026
• Trump’s statewide margin would be on par with what polls showed.
  — Kendrick Marshall, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024
• Reed eagled both par 5s on the first nine.
  — Justin Ray, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• All five Toreros were under par.
  — Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2026
• The safe shot is the middle of the green and a tough two-putt par.
  — CBS News, 10 May 2026
• The grille takes up a lot of the front end, but that’s par for the course these days.
  — Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 25 Mar. 2026
• Scheffler found land on the 17th for par.
  — ABC News, 13 Mar. 2026
• Cole shot even-par 70 in the final round.
  — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 May 2026
• Six shots over par on the back nine, then six under par on the front nine.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
• Keep a close eye on your bacon while par-baking it.
  — Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2025
• The last par putt brought a mixture of joy and relief.
  — CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• The last par putt brought a mixture of joy and relief.
  — Dallas Morning News, 22 Feb. 2026
• Much can and should be done to bring the train line up to par with other cities.
  — Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
• These are all par for the course with many headphone models.
  — New Atlas, 17 Mar. 2026
• They are both tied for the lead at 17-under-par.
  — Brody Miller, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2026

par

2 of 2 verb

• Rahm rebounded from the episode to par the final hole for his first Masters win.
  — Jim Reineking, USA TODAY, 10 Apr. 2023
• Koepka finally pitched in with a 31 1/2-foot birdie putt on 10, but the pair did not better that par the rest of the way.
  — ABC News, 23 Apr. 2026
• Teeing off in the mid-afternoon Friday in Georgia, Finau scrambled well enough to par the first three holes.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• Thursday’s round followed a similar pattern for Lee, who was 2 under after his front nine before two bogeys on the back nine dropped him to even par for the day.
  — Matt Wagner, Daily News, 29 May 2026
• The pressure is on Apple to get this generation of AI approach right and bring the iPhone, if not to par with Android, at least within reach of it.
  — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026