How to Use put about in a Sentence

put about

verb

• In response, the county wants to put about one million cubic yards of sand on the beach.
  — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2021
• Dampen your fingertips, then put about a quarter-size drop of cleanser in your hand.
  — Dr. Leslie Baumann, miamiherald, 3 July 2018
• The game's world is as red as Carrie on prom night and puts about as much value on human life.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2017
• On our last mortgage, this put about $60 toward our principal each month.
  — Liz Knueven, CNBC, 29 Jan. 2026
• He's put about 6,000 miles on the Vespa since buying it eight months ago.
  — George Petras, USA Today, 2 July 2021
• Last year, the state’s automakers put about 1 million vehicles on the road.
  — William Thornton | [email protected], al, 14 July 2023
• That puts about 10 percent of that that carbon back into the atmosphere.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2023
• Colangelo said some put about a fifth of vodka in their drinks, which is the equivalent of about 16 shots.
  — Ashley Soebroto, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
• In fact, Marines can put about six miles between them and a dangerous threat, but still be able to precisely strike.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 25 May 2018
• The Postal Service used to put about 20% of your mail on airplanes to move it across the country.
  — Jacob Bogage, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Oct. 2021
• Researchers there put about 20 human drivers on a circular track and asked them to drive at a constant speed.
  — Arkansas Online, 25 Nov. 2022
• That put about 1,000 more red spots on the map and led him to believe the broadband should be offered districtwide.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Jan. 2021
• At the time, the United States had put about 30 kg of small satellites into orbit.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 23 Aug. 2022
• The Postal Service used to put about 20 percent of your mail on airplanes to move it across the country.
  — Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2021
• Walczak put about $1,000 into getting the show off the ground, but asks for little in return.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2019
• The Stiebelings put about 6,000 miles on their Itasca each year but plan to take longer trips down the road.
  — Beth Decarbo, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2018
• Brown and Democratic leaders want to put about $2 billion in the emergency fund.
  — Adam Ashton, sacbee, 13 June 2018
• The prosecution planned to put about 45 witnesses on the stand during the trial.
  — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 7 May 2024
• On average, Even’s users are able to put about $167 into savings in their first three months of using the app.
  — Jennifer Surane, Bloomberg.com, 17 Nov. 2020
• Evers’ plan and the GOP plan would put about the same amount of money toward transportation projects over the next two years.
  — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2019
• Agnikul is developing a small-lift booster that can put about 100 kg to low-Earth orbit.
  — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 8 Aug. 2025
• So, that 2 MJ in a 1 liter battery would be able to put about 1 MJ towards driving a car.
  — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 15 Mar. 2018
• O’Connor and his staff put about a year into research and development for the songs and another six months to get recordings finished.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Apr. 2021
• Advertisement The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, Haines said.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2024
• The woman complied and put about $200 from the register in a bag, according to police reports.
  — Adam Ferrise, cleveland.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Regardless, there is something off-putting about the importance that has been bestowed on these shrines, as if the players who fall short must measure their triumphs with a grain of salt.
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 24 Jan. 2020
• On something huge like a North Sea passenger ferry or a freighter, just stopping the ship can take miles to accomplish, never mind putting about.
  — David Szondy april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026
• Working with 1 eggplant slice at a time, put about 1 tablespoon of the filling on the more tapered end of an eggplant slice and roll it up to enclose the filling.
  — Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2021
• To-date, SpaceX has put about 2,000 Starlink satellites into orbit.
  — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2022
• The remake, simply put about a couple of kids being traumatized by a killer clown, premiered back in 2017, but its second part will be out next month.
  — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, 23 Aug. 2019