How to Use part in a Sentence
- The entire book is good, but the best part is the ending.
- Come join us and be part of a winning team.
- My favorite part of the chicken is the drumstick.
- Do you have any spare parts for this model of car?
- The parts of a radio include the speaker, dials, and antenna.
- The mechanic had to order the part from the manufacturer.
- I don't remember him saying that. I must have missed that part.
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Kohlmann sees that as part of the point.
—Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
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And that’s part of the tragedy and loss of it.
—NBC news, 1 Feb. 2026
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And that was part of the appeal.
—Lori Rackl, Boston Herald, 31 May 2026
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Speed is only part of the pitch.
—J. George Gorant, Robb Report, 22 Feb. 2026
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That part remains a work in progress.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2026
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Hezbollah is not part of these talks.
—CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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But yeah, that was part of the issue.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2026
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The freak athlete part is well-known.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Apr. 2026
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This is always the most fun part for me.
—Alexander Jabbour, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Here is the part that often gets missed.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 2 May 2026
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That's going to be part of my plan though.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Feb. 2026
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Oh, that wasn’t the grosser part for me.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2026
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Ware brushed it aside as part of being a pro.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2026
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Oh, wait, no, not that, the other part.
—Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
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That’s adorable, and also my fav part of the dance!
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
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That was part of the success and the charm of the movie.
—Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2025
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The fans have a right to be an engaged part of that cause.
—Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
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The best part about clay is it can be formed into any shape.
—Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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For instance, many heart valves are made from cow or pig parts.
—Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 13 June 2026
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And if the filling oozes out, that's all part of their charm.
—Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 July 2026
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Her blonde hair was worn in a middle part, straight, and long.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026
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Those parts were clearly worn, but the car still doesn’t run right.
—Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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The hotel is always the best part of a work trip.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2026
- The rain stopped and the clouds parted.
- She parts her hair on the side.
- The two lovers parted at dawn.
- The crowd parted to let the president through.
- She closed her eyes and parted her lips.
- His dark hair was parted down the middle.
- The big red curtains parted to reveal a new car!
- She couldn't bear the thought of parting from her family.
- Tomorrow we shall part and, I fear, never see each other again.
- The Bible tells the story of how God parted the Red Sea.
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The room lit up and the crowd parted.
—Leigh Nordstrom, Footwear News, 13 Feb. 2026
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Her legs were parted and propped up.
—Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 26 Mar. 2026
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And just like that, they are parted again.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
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Give them well-draining soil and full to part sun.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
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Plant them in mass in full to part sun in wet areas.
—Teresa Woodard, Midwest Living, 21 Apr. 2026
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Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.
—Carson Colenbaugh, The Atlantic, 9 Nov. 2025
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Her blonde hair is parted to the side and frames her face.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
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Just part your hair down the middle and use the clips to hold it up.
—Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 15 July 2023
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The trick is to keep your lips slightly parted.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
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Her hair was parted down the middle in loose waves.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025
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The dark water will part in my presence.
—Chloe Wilson, The New York Review of Books, 19 Feb. 2026
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By the time the fog had parted, the ships were set to collide.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 31 Mar. 2024
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Just as suddenly, the clouds would soon part.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025
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Her hair was styled in bouncy waves, and parted on the side.
—Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 2025
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Her long, dark hair was parted in the center and styled in soft waves.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
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Her long, dark hair was parted in the center and styled in soft waves.
—Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
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Is this just the seven-year itch, or are these issues enough to part ways?
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
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Lively wore a tube top, black jeans and her locks curled and parted to one side.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 Oct. 2023
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Would the two sides decide to part before the deadline?
—Zach Harper, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
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Hold each section of tinsel by the top strip, and part it down the middle.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
- The claim is a part truth—there is more to the story than they are telling you.
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For starters, there just aren’t as many part-time workers to lay off.
—Daniel Altman, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
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Part-ice cream shop, part-putt-putt course, part-bar, part-restaurant.
—Kansas City Star, 4 Dec. 2025
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The nose tackle has been at least a part-time starter for the past three seasons.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 20 Sep. 2022
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The city hopes to create one part-time job, according to its records.
—Anita Lee, ProPublica, 24 June 2022
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Full sun shrubs do well with six or more hours of sunlight, but may thin out in part-sun locations.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
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Cashiers are being sought for part-time work, three to three and a half hours a day for 173 days.
—Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2023
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Though the streak is probably more part-time fluke than full-time concern, this might not be the best week to end it.
—Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
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Cobbling together a living through part-time jobs had put her in survival mode.
—Hamza Shaban, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2022
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Over the next few years, Herrin raced cars part-time while working as a real estate agent.
—Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2022
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One was Johnson, struggling to survive with arthritic knees and a part-time income.
—Margot Roosevelt, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
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Ce, a part-girl and part-machine character that’s been left in space following her father’s death.
—Faye Bradley, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026
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And now he’s opened up for an in-depth, multi-part Netflix documentary.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2025
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Both the other grandma and I have shared part-time babysitting to help the parents with their work schedules.
—Detroit Free Press, 30 Aug. 2022
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This can be in the form of a part-time job, a side income or just shoring up cash reserves before every step of expansion.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 26 Jan. 2023
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Jana Litman moves from her part-time position into the new role as the second full-time sexton.
—Sam Boyer, cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
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This indicator also leaves out part-time workers and workers who work more than 35 hours a week.
—Tim Fernholz, Quartz, 5 Jan. 2023
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Our cheese filling includes part-skim mozzarella and ricotta cheese.
—Bethany Thayer, Freep.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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By that spring, Srinivasan has fulfilled his own prophecy and moved part-time to Singapore.
—Anthony Lydgate, WIRED, 6 Sep. 2022
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Due to arrive this fall, the cameras will be used by the department’s 17 full-time and three part-time officers.
—John Benson, cleveland, 3 Aug. 2022
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Highlights are featured in this multi-part mini-documentary about the set.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 15 Oct. 2025
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Ohio State returns six starters on offense and eight full or part-time starters on defense from last season’s 11-2 team.
—Nathan Baird, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022
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The part-bakery, part-coffee shop will be next to the Mission Farms location of Rye.
—Kansas City Star, 20 Nov. 2025
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Some 57 employees, including part-time workers, will lose their jobs as a result of the closure.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
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Kadeem Telfort has been a part-time participant in practice at times this week but is expected to suit up against Rice.
—Evan Dudley, al, 29 Sep. 2022
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The restaurant is expected to employ about 125 full and part-time employees.
—William Thornton | [email protected], al, 19 Sep. 2022
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Teach your children to invest a portion of their allowance and/or earnings from a part-time job and explain the power of compounding.
—Tom Cooney and Crystal Faulkner, The Enquirer, 2 Sep. 2022
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The business is part nonprofit, part coffee company.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 16 Aug. 2025
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The proportion of the whole labor force that is choosing to work part-time hours is at its highest since early 2020.
—Austen Hufford, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
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Turkey and Cheese Roll-Ups Roll slices of lean turkey breast with part-skim cheese for a simple, no-cook snack.
—Brianna Tobritzhofer, Health, 23 Sep. 2025
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