How to Use parenthesis in a Sentence

parenthesis

noun

• The number of weeks open for each film is in parentheses.
  — Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2020
• The number in parenthesis is the increase from the day before.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2021
• The number in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 20 June 2020
• The figure in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 6 Aug. 2020
• The figures in parenthesis is the increase from the previous day.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 4 Sep. 2020
• If a player was ranked in the last big board, his ranking will be in parentheses.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 25 Apr. 2018
• If a player was on the list last month, his past ranking is in parenthesis.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 6 Jan. 2022
• Boys statewide poll First-place votes are in parentheses.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 20 Feb. 2023
• That parenthesis of water alongside the main channel is an oxbow.
  — Adam Rogers, WIRED, 4 Apr. 2018
• Next to each team's name in parentheses is the number of points gained through votes and first-place votes if said team received any.
  — Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 2 Nov. 2017
• Teams are listed with win-loss record in parenthesis and rating.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2022
• Emoticons, which use the right parenthesis quite often.
  — Samuel Arbesman, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2013
• As the reader reads, time has stopped, creating a parenthesis of peace.
  — Françoise Mouly, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Parties are a parenthesis in life, along the lines of vacations and other types of journeys.
  — Cressida Leyshon, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
• Some of his models were Senegalese men and women whose names appear in parentheses in the titles of the pieces.
  — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Here are six other transfers to watch, with their former schools in parentheses.
  — Steve Megargee, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2023
• Those parentheses seem designed to call the ownership of her body into question.
  — Katy Waldman, Slate Magazine, 26 June 2017
• Opening odds from January are in parentheses next to the current odds.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al.com, 12 June 2019
• Here's a look at every first round playoff series that is set in stone (with team seeds in parenthesis).
  — Jace Evans, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
• Here is the poll for all four divisions, which includes first-place votes in parenthesis with records and point totals from the voting.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 15 Feb. 2021
• The rankings include first-place votes in parenthesis, win-loss record and overall points from this week’s poll.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 25 Oct. 2021
• The numbers before each team are their district number followed by their seed, with their record in parentheses.
  — James Weber, Cincinnati.com, 29 Oct. 2017
• For the second week in a row, Stroud tops the list of college football's best passers with last week's rankings in parenthesis.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
• Souza’s knee buckled so badly that his left leg, on slow-motion replay, took on the shape of a right parenthesis.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2021
• Current records and last week’s ranking are in parenthesis if different.
  — J.c. Carnahan, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Sep. 2021
• That’s what our teachers told us: Deal with whatever is in parentheses first.
  — Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2019
• These artists are now listed by their Ukrainian names, with their Russian names in parentheses.
  — Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2023
• Here’s the countdown: (property tax bill in parentheses).
  — Roger Showley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 July 2017
• There’s no place for parentheses, footnotes or explanations — but there are, of course, rhymes.
  — Jon Pareles, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2016
• First-place votes in parentheses, followed by total points. 1.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024