How to Use plural in a Sentence

plural

adjective

• The word “trees” is a plural noun.
• Yes, the nose jobs—plural—are in the movie.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 24 Apr. 2026
• A number of them have been out for months, plural, all the way back to the spring.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022
• That tamale is not a word, but tamal, singular, and tamales, plural, are.
  — Minerva Orduño Rincón, The Arizona Republic, 9 Dec. 2021
• That's a nova, or in plural, novae.
  — Keith Matheny, Freep.com, 11 Dec. 2025
• The game always seemed to come easy to Peppers — or games, plural.
  — Larry Holder, The Athletic, 2 Aug. 2024
• The rabbis point out that the word lev (heart) is written in the plural, levavcha.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
• Typos aside, that’s a first-person plural that pretends to the crown.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2017
• For their whole lives they had been valued solely as plural wives and as breeders of children.
  — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2022
• The answer to this week’s contest crossword is a four-letter plural noun.
  — wsj.com, 12 May 2023
• That's what drives most of my writing – the plural heritage of India.
  — Randy Dotinga, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 June 2018
• In last week's episode, Danielle was left wondering if a plural lifestyle is right for her.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, PEOPLE.com, 22 July 2022
• Would winning a Super Bowl — or bowls, plural — have changed things?
  — Nick Canepa Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
• This speech seems a lot more in the first person plural than the 2016 version.
  — The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
• Connections, plural, are important — of all kinds, to meet many kinds of needs.
  — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2022
• The league has new broadcast partners (plural) for the first time since 2002.
  — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
• The league has new broadcast partners (plural) for the first time since 2002.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
• The league has new broadcast partners (plural) for the first time since 2002.
  — Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
• The league has new broadcast partners (plural) for the first time since 2002.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
• Hence the Hebrew word for water is only in the plural – mayim.
  — Rabbi Avi Weiss, Jewish Journal, 2 Oct. 2017
• To me, girlhood — like childhood or adulthood — is always plural.
  — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2025
• Clinton is eternally in the plural tense, just like Kennedy or Bush.
  — Alexander Nazaryan, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2017
• The country is grappling with the rise of a more plural society at the same time as many others are doing so.
  — The Economist, 14 Apr. 2018
• Bring sunscreen as well as ponchos (plural) or a clear rain coat to help save your outfit without covering it up.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 6 May 2026
• Visitors can look up how to translate a word, see the plural form of the word, change the tense of a verb or add an adjective to a noun.
  — Alena Naiden, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
• By the sound of it, Erin is hopeful that the show will continue for future seasons — yes, plural.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 5 Jan. 2022
• And yes, the plural usage (gaps) is intentional.
  — Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 19 Dec. 2025
• Though, Harry has hinted in the past that he's always wanted to have children (as in plural).
  — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 6 May 2019
• In the last ten days, the Mueller probe has intensified with more indictments and more guilty pleas, plural.
  — NBC News, 25 Feb. 2018
• For the first time in a long time, Boston College had playmakers — plural — on the floor.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Nov. 2019