How to Use proofread in a Sentence

proofread

verb

• He proofread the essay carefully.
• The human's job isn't to proofread the agent's copy.
  — Micha Hershman, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• The more people who can proofread his connectomes, the faster his maps will grow.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2012
• China says still needs to be proofread, still needs to be translated.
  — CBS News, 15 Dec. 2019
• Others, like proofreading, are best left to do later in the process.
  — Ryan Korstange, The Conversation, 7 Apr. 2020
• Stobe claimed in an email that the quote was not in the yearbook when O'Connell proofread it.
  — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
• Use another set of eyes to proofread your work due to the importance of these records.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
• Even copywriters may use screen readers to read their copy aloud and proofread for mistakes.
  — Erica Gunn, Forbes, 18 July 2022
• Rewrite, proofread and summarize text in mail, notes, pages and third-party apps.
  — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 16 Sep. 2024
• The center is looking for one or two volunteers who would not mind looking over text to proofread.
  — Courant Community, 24 Apr. 2018
• Even a second or third editor proofreading the excerpt should have picked up on this and raised a red flag.
  — Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2019
• The officer then handed him a five-page college paper to proofread.
  — Erica L. Green, New York Times, 8 July 2019
• This manual process might take the manager tens of hours to complete and tens more to proofread for errors.
  — Jesse Todd, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
• During this backward spin, proofread all correspondences and triple-check the fine print.
  — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 28 Feb. 2018
• The drafts for these notes go to our amazing research team who meticulously proofread and fact-check everything.
  — Sarah Connell, Washington Post, 19 July 2022
• Make sure your email address sends a professional image, and proofread the resume for errors.
  — Kimberly Thompson, Houston Chronicle, 15 Apr. 2018
• My aunt Linda, an English teacher, had been the one to drive me around on college tours and proofread my papers.
  — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
• For those who insist on doing returns by hand, there's no substitute to proofreading to ensure your math is correct.
  — Dan Caplinger, USA TODAY, 7 Apr. 2018
• Mistakes can be deadly, so cells have error-correction systems that proofread and edit in real time.
  — Anna Funk, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2021
• One of the jobs of a lexicographer is to proofread dictionary entries.
  — Kory Stamper, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2026
• In most cases, a work email generated by AI and proofread by you is probably just fine.
  — Reece Rogers, WIRED, 11 Dec. 2024
• Is anyone/anything proofreading your paper before it gets printed?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 May 2026
• Election officials aim to proofread and send the ballot to the printer by the end of the next week, and the city should start to receive them the following week.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2021
• Several times last year, Chase also asked her clerk to proofread and rewrite her personal emails before sending them.
  — Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2021
• Some do hire professionals, on a freelance basis, while others rely on the help of friends and family to share design tips or proofread pages.
  — Tejal Rao, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2018
• New writing tools that help users rewrite, proofread and summarize text in Mail, Notes, Pages and third-party apps.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2024
• Spending an extra two minutes to proofread an email can drastically help improve the clarity of your messages.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 11 May 2021
• Siri can also now answer more questions and perform specific tasks in and across apps, from proofreading to text summarizing.
  — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 10 June 2024
• Spelling mistakes, typos, and poor grammar structure - Proofread, proofread, and then proofread again!
  — Dear Sam, AL.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• In the room were three linguists on each language team, two translating and a third proofreading a message sent by the emergency management team in the other room.
  — Deanna Weniger, Twin Cities, 7 July 2019