How to Use portion in a Sentence

portion

1 of 2 noun

• The restaurant gives large portions.
• Portions of land were used for farming.
• A portion of the donations will be given to the orphanage.
• A considerable portion of the city was flooded.
• She divided the pie into six equal portions.
• This is the portion of the speed bag that takes your hits.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2026
• And a good portion of those fans love to bet on the game.
  — Randall Williams, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
• There are dozens of ways to rent out all or portions of this space.
  — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026
• Small portions over time can make a big impact.
  — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 8 Oct. 2025
• Cut the plant back to the healthy green portions as needed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
• When limbs and trunk portions are brown they can be removed.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2026
• Live shrub portions may be down closer to the ground.
  — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2026
• Michael deserved a large portion of the blame.
  — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
• There’s nothing quite like a big portion of baked mac and cheese.
  — Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
• Colonics can flush larger portions of the colon.
  — Erica Sweeney, Time, 11 May 2026
• Others, a portion of their body weight.
  — Logan Smith, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026
• The safe wedge is going to favor the wider portion to the back.
  — CBS News, 10 May 2026
• Those outliers made up a massive portion of all tows.
  — Ginny Monk, ProPublica, 27 Apr. 2026
• Monitor these shrubs in spring and cut out any dead portions of stems.
  — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
• Epstein spent a large portion of that day meeting with his lawyers.
  — Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
• Young adults are a big portion of the people driving the surge.
  — Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• In a portion that has been blurred, multiple shots can be heard.
  — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026
• Keep in mind that this holds only for the uneclipsed portion of the moon.
  — Joe Rao, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2026
• Roll out a sheet of dough on a baking sheet, and cut it into six portions.
  — Sharon Greenthal, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2023
• Since then, each city along the route has completed portions of the trail.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
• Watch portion sizes by filling about one-fourth of your plate with potatoes.
  — Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
• Testers and judges gave it stellar scores for taste, texture, and portion size.
  — Good Housekeeping, 20 June 2023
• The top portion of her garb looked to be a leather band while the rest of the gown appeared to be suede.
  — Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
• Discard the tired center portion of the clump.
  — Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2025
• Customers can order in whole or half portions.
  — Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025

portion

2 of 2 verb

• The work was portioned to each member of the staff.
• Both can be a part of a heart-healthy snack when portioned well.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 9 Jan. 2026
• Both can be a part of a heart-healthy snack when portioned well.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 15 May 2026
• Both were chopped and portioned in a jungle of kitchens by dozens of cooks.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2023
• This is an easy way to portion your meat to ensure even cooking.
  — Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Dec. 2025
• Use a cookie scoop to portion the quinoa balls to keep them a consistent size.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Sep. 2020
• On the plus side, the fish is fresh, firm and generously portioned.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
• Sometimes that’s the best, or only way, to portion out a large slab pie or pizza.
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• Bingo, bongo—a rice bowl for dinner, and easy to portion out for meals for the week.
  — Alyse Whitney, Bon Appetit, 11 June 2018
• To serve, portion some of the noodles into a bowl and spoon the peanut sauce over the noodles.
  — Jessica Battilana, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
• Each dough selection is weighed and hand-portioned and then frozen so it can be shipped overseas.
  — Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
• Or plan your cooking wrap up just as guests arrive, taking the time to portion plates in the kitchen.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2020
• These no-bake pumpkin pies are creamy, spiced, perfectly portioned — and so cute.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 21 Nov. 2025
• Whip up some scones, cookies, or pound cake, and portion them into pastry bags for guests to grab.
  — Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2026
• Select a pair of soup spoons, or a small cookie scoop for portioning the batter.
  — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2023
• Never ask the people who collect money for desserts to portion out the desserts.
  — Michael Taylor, ExpressNews.com, 12 June 2020
• Always use a clean utensil when portioning jam.
  — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 12 Feb. 2026
• The chefs portion the noodles into little nests, which are used to make udon bowls by the order.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2020
• Just two to three slices can easily be portioned out for many meals, says Wilson.
  — Women's Health, 25 May 2023
• To make your dumplings, form the dough into a long sausage shape, then portion it into 15g dough balls.
  — Erchen Chang, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2024
• Using a food scale to weigh and divide, portion the dough into 10 even balls.
  — Julie Sprankles, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2022
• Use a spoon to portion some half-moons of perfectly ripe avocado on top.
  — Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appétit, 8 Sep. 2021
• When portioning out your dough for each pupusa, use an ice cream scoop to keep a uniform size (roughly ¼ cup each).
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 5 May 2017
• Just portion it out into an ice cube tray and once solidified, store in a clear plastic bag.
  — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
• Young male cougars come from a society in which they are portioned out by territories.
  — National Geographic, 22 May 2016
• Some hosts may prefer to portion out the meal in advance and reheat the plate as guests arrive (best done in a warm oven).
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 2 Nov. 2020
• Use a bench scraper or a knife to portion the dough into 10 even (90-gram) pieces.
  — Yewande Komolafe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024
• And just the thing for a lots of kitchen tasks, including bigger ones like portioning out a roast chicken.
  — Jesse Raub, Bon Appetit Magazine, 26 Feb. 2026
• Simply portion out your stuffing, mashed potatoes, or cranberry sauce and serve to your guests.
  — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Sep. 2020
• Then, use them in a sundae bar, mix them into popcorn on movie night, portion them out for baking or pack them in a lunch box.
  — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025