How to Use prong in a Sentence

prong

noun

• Is that the two-pronged goal here? Nate: That is the two prongs.
  — Quartz Staff, Quartz, 23 May 2023
• The prongs of the pick made a plink, plink, plink music.
  — Rion Amilcar Scott, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• Biden has a new six-prong strategy to deal with the virus.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
• At that point, the man stopped kicking, but the deputies didn’t remove the Taser prongs from his shirt.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2023
• The tip of the prong can leave a water spot and glasses wedged over two tines can crack.
  — Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping, 13 Nov. 2019
• An unsung hero of the surgical mask is the metal prong tucked into the seam at the bridge of the nose.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 20 Jan. 2022
• The prongs are sharp enough to dig into meats and vegetables.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• By Monday, the two-week closure of Tuscaloosa bars was announced as one prong in the effort to curb the rapid spread.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 27 Aug. 2020
• To use, slip the pointed prong underneath a bad stitch, then pull upward to cut the thread.
  — Lara Sorokanich, Popular Mechanics, 8 Dec. 2020
• The second prong, is getting girls involved at a young age.
  — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
• England's Mason Mount has scored in his last two games (prong 1).
  — SI.com, 29 Aug. 2019
• The other prong was to get Notre Dame players off the field as soon as possible.
  — USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2020
• That would have cast an even wider net because the B prong of the test rules out people who would pass the entire ABC test.
  — Erik Sherman, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2022
• And, of course, Go is just one prong of Amazon's push into selling us food.
  — Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 25 Feb. 2020
• Bonus points if the mask has a metal prong at the nose, similar to a surgical mask.
  — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2021
• The role of food banks and pantries The emergency food system is the fourth prong, but the option people often think of first.
  — Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2019
• The internet lost its mind over Matthew Williams’s three-prong sandals at Givenchy.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2020
• This is the other prong of Gessen’s argument about the shift in audience.
  — Hari Kunzru, The New York Review of Books, 4 June 2020
• The other belt, which was free-falling on the waist—hanging on by a punch hole and a prong—had silver hardware.
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2022
• Those barbules, in turn, have even smaller features—lumpy nodes and prongs spaced along their length.
  — Helen Czerski, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
• Putin sees Russia’s space program as one prong of that effort.
  — Kenneth Chang and Anton Troianovski, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• The second prong of the plaintiffs’ argument is that the whole law must stand or fall in its entirety.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• His spork’s prongs haven’t dipped or bent out of shape, and its body still seems sturdy—proof that aging will be kind to this utensil.
  — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 14 Apr. 2023
• After Plymell’s death, a Taser prong was found lodged near his right nipple.
  — Special To The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 3 Mar. 2021
• Wrap the hair around a double-prong curling iron like the Nalu Waver to give the hair a more natural curl that has movement.
  — Kristin Corpuz, Billboard, 23 Dec. 2019
• Hoka draws a clear fork with the two prongs that form its super shoe lineup for road running.
  — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 29 Jan. 2026
• Ross fired his Taser, striking Munoz-Guatemala with prongs in the head, face and shoulder.
  — Ryan J. Foley, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
• The six-in-one adapter comes in the form of a packable cube with buttons on the side that release your plug of choice and store the prongs inside when not in use.
  — Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 3 Jan. 2026
• Beck argued Said was recently detained on the first prong of the law and said agents could remove him without a hearing.
  — Charlotte Observer, 20 Dec. 2025
• The diamond crown is inspired by the six-prong Tiffany Setting engagement ring.
  — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 12 Dec. 2025