How to Use per in a Sentence

per

preposition

• The car gets 32 miles per gallon.
• The speed limit is 35 miles per hour.
• Per your advice, I accepted their offer.
• He averages 15 points per game.
• The flat rate is $88 per month.
  — Roxanne Downer, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
• Karts race up to 35 miles per hour.
  — Kansas City Star, 31 Oct. 2025
• The tax would be 20 cents per ride.
  — Dan Snyder, CBS News, 12 Mar. 2026
• The price per square foot is $813.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot is $537.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot is $453.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot was $831.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot was $462.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot was $445.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• The price per square foot is $329.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 26 Sep. 2025
• Only two rides and two bags per golf cart.
  — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Oct. 2025
• Rates start at $5,980 per adult.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
• The monks slept under the trees and ate one meal per day.
  — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Feb. 2026
• There’s like four spots per side, two spots behind the goal.
  — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
• Humvees get 4 miles per gallon.
  — Barret Baumgart, Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2026
• This meal costs about $5 per person.
  — Trisha Pasricha, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026
• The Dow has fallen by about four per cent.
  — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2026
• Darnold ranks fourth in EPA per play.
  — Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2025
• That translates to about 17 ships per day.
  — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 June 2026
• The fee for the term is $60 per student.
  — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
• Each team has up to two review requests per match.
  — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
• They are priced at around $99,000 per unit.
  — Chan Ho-Him, Fortune, 6 June 2026
• How much is silver per ounce today?
  — Usa Today, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
• Steph’s career number is around forty-two per cent right now.
  — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
• The price per square foot ended up at $154.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 23 May 2026
• The price per square foot ended up at $652.
  — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 23 May 2026