How to Use put in a Sentence

put

1 of 3 verb

• Put the car in the garage.
• I put the keys on the table.
• They put her in prison for forgery.
• He put his arms around her and held her tight.
• The illness put her in the hospital for three days.
• Don't forget to put your signature on the check.
• He put his phone number on a napkin.
• Her parents decided to put her in a special school for deaf children.
• He fell and accidentally put his hand through a window.
• If she drove 55 mph for 20 minutes, that would put her about halfway there by now.
• Yeah, that’s a great way to put it.
  — Brittany Delay, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
• Thank you for putting your trust in me.
  — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 26 Feb. 2026
• Just put the knife down, get down on your knees.
  — Doug Myers, CBS News, 8 May 2026
• Let’s put our swords down for the good of sports.
  — Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
• And put my past behind me for good.
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
• Noticing puts you back at the helm.
  — Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
• So that puts him on the ballot.
  — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
• Its presence put the area on high alert.
  — Stefan Becket, CBS News, 12 June 2026
• What puts you at risk for a heart attack?
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 8 Jan. 2026
• Gates is putting his money where his mouth is.
  — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 24 Sep. 2025
• Just tried to put the ball in play, try to help my team to win.
  — Kansas City Star, 5 July 2026
• Don't put the jackets too far away!
  — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 17 Apr. 2026
• Don't put the jackets too far away!
  — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 18 Apr. 2026
• The wokes put it on shirts and wear them proudly.
  — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 22 May 2026
• And all of a sudden, the lenders put the brakes on.
  — Alina Selyukh, NPR, 12 June 2026
• The little comb makes putting brows in place a cinch.
  — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 1 Sep. 2025
• Yeah, that’s putting it lightly.
  — Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
• Go to him to maybe to put some messages through the guys.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
• None of this puts SpaceX’s goals out of reach.
  — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
• Some come with chances to put cold, hard cash in your pocket.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 19 Mar. 2026

put

2 of 3 noun

• Which strikes to choose to sell the put spread?
  — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
• But staying put is not one of them.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026
• Roll down or down and out if the puts go in the money.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 22 May 2026
• This creates a 5-point-wide put spread.
  — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
• Harris could also get some easy points via put-backs tonight.
  — Xl Media, cleveland, 2 May 2022
• Yeah, a small-town kind of put-together.
  — Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
• In that case, the put options fail to pay off, even as your groceries bills shoot up.
  — William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Nov. 2021
• More than twice as many calls were bought than puts Friday morning.
  — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 12 June 2026
• Staying put helped the bus feel less like a vehicle and more like home.
  — Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 29 Dec. 2025
• Snap up this lounge set that feels like athleisure but looks put-together.
  — Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026
• The straight-leg fit and slightly flared hem looks so put-together.
  — Kaitlin Clapinski, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
• All of that put together is the ideal recipe to see this team stun teams along the way.
  — Evan Sidery, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
• That’s the put it in-your-face front-and-center kind of argument.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 June 2022
• That’s pushed some investors to bid up put options to protect this year’s gains.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
• The $205 puts sit just $17 out of the money.
  — Michael Khouw, CNBC, 20 May 2026
• Moreno’s double put runners on second and third.
  — Will Sammon, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2026
• Dylan Cardwell puts Auburn back in front with a put-back dunk.
  — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 5 Feb. 2022
• The slider is his put-away offering.
  — Chuck Murr, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• His two-out single in the third put the Angels on the scoreboard.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
• Two singles to lead off the inning put runners at first and third with nobody out.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
• Many investors are concerned that the Fed put has now been withdrawn.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 14 May 2022
• Weakening due process protections for some puts all of our rights at risk.
  — Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
• Gimenez’s two-run homer in the ninth put a scare into Minnesota.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 15 May 2022
• For put options, the premium will rise as the stock falls, and vice versa.
  — James Royal, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• When the stock price falls, the put option increases in value, all else equal.
  — James Royal, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2022
• Your most put-together and fashion-forward self is just a few clicks away.
  — Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 May 2026
• At the same time, one of the most popular trades was selling at-the-money puts.
  — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 13 July 2026
• Think polished, put-together, and trend-proof.
  — Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026
• Ring in the new year with this put-together look that doesn't skimp on the design or wow factor.
  — Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 4 Jan. 2026
• Hosmer’s two-run single put the Padres up 3-1 in the top of the fifth.
  — George Henry, ajc, 14 May 2022

put

3 of 3 adjective

• The rest of the house is built for groups who plan to stay put.
  — Bailey Berg, Architectural Digest, 26 June 2026
• Lines have been drawn, and the choice to step over or stay put is looming.
  — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• Put clothes in a hot dryer for one hour after being in woods.
  — Emily Strohm, PEOPLE.com, 23 Aug. 2017
• Matamoroz was in the bathroom when Williams told her to stay put.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2022
• These chemicals don’t stay put.
  — ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
• Put rest of milk and sugar in pot and slowly bring to a boil over medium heat.
  — Hosea Rosenberg, The Cannabist, 5 May 2017
• The house and everything inside stay put.
  — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 23 June 2026
• Right now, Flores is the only one who is fighting to stay put.
  — Gio Insignares, CBS News, 24 June 2026
• Stay put and watch the scenery fly by or hop on and off at various stations to explore the park.
  — Robert Annis, Midwest Living, 16 May 2026
• Some couches are low enough to the ground that the cube will simply catch on the bottom of the couch and stay put.
  — Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2022
• Put mayonnaise into a small bowl; stir in jalapeno, chives, parsley, lime zest and salt.
  — Jeanmarie Brownson, sacbee, 29 Aug. 2017
• So that was kind of a put two and two together kind of situation.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 30 June 2020
• Lehigh coach Brett Reed stayed put and just finished his 14th season at the school.
  — Ralph D. Russo, chicagotribune.com, 20 Mar. 2021
• The jokes are bigger at the expense of the humanity the show put front and center in its first run.
  — Daniel D’addario, Time, 26 Sep. 2017
• Stretch or elastic waistbands are highly flexible and stay put.
  — Sian Babish, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2020
• Selling short and put options are essentially bets that a stock will go lower.
  — Zev Fima, CNBC, 29 May 2026
• Though such fires can travel some distance under the surface, and so do not have to reappear where last seen, most stay put.
  — The Economist, 4 June 2020
• Audiences are not required to stay put, but most people sit through the duration.
  — Caroline Lillian Schopp, Artforum, 13 May 2026
• Unless you’re ordered to evacuate or need to go somewhere else for health reasons, do your best to stay put.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
• To make a gravy for all this, put salt, pepper, and 2 to 3 tablespoons of flour in a Ball jar with a lid.
  — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 8 July 2021
• Others may decide to stay put but build a larger cash reserve to help cover future housing costs.
  — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 16 June 2026
• Dealers who had sold put options faced big losses when crude futures began to fall on Monday.
  — Joe Wallace, WSJ, 20 July 2021
• An active lifestyle requires earphones that are comfortable and stay put.
  — Jennifer Manfrin, chicagotribune.com, 6 Dec. 2020
• Once solid, put peaches into a plastic freezer bag, remove the air from the bag, and freeze until ready to use.
  — Callie Blount, al, 15 Aug. 2019
• Battling the rain, Jenner looked put-together and chic with a crossbody bag and red nail polish.
  — Samantha Leal, Marie Claire, 12 June 2015
• So, many homeowners are deciding to stay put and renovate.
  — Terri Williams, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
• After roaming to find a feeding site, crawlers settle down and stay put, using their strawlike mouthparts to feed on plant juices.
  — Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
• The state right-of-way provides public access to Klutina River boat put-ins.
  — Zaz Hollander, Alaska Dispatch News, 18 July 2017
• Check out 20 soft trousers that are just as comfortable as your favorite sweats, only a bit more put-together.
  — Ana Colón, Glamour, 23 Oct. 2018
• For the second straight year, the government has advised those living away from home to stay put, and train and plane travel has been curtailed.
  — NBC News, 2 Feb. 2022