How to Use record in a Sentence

record

1 of 3 verb
  • The band spent all night recording.
  • The show is recorded in front of a live audience.
  • Please record the television program for me.
  • He recorded the birthday party with his new video camera.
  • Be sure to record all your business expenditures.
  • A seismograph is a device that measures and records the intensity of earthquakes.
  • He just recorded his latest album.
  • There are similar events all throughout recorded history.
  • The thermometer recorded 40 degrees below zero.
  • No time for recording the chaos.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Foothill had recorded shutout wins in four of its last five games.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The wail of fire trucks can be heard as passersby stopped to record the scene.
    Francie Ebert, NBC news, 16 May 2026
  • They’ve been recorded 14 times at those speeds.
    Scott Powers, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • To add onto that, all the sound was recorded in post.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 19 June 2026
  • Then come the read-write devices that try to change your state, not just record it.
    Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 3 July 2026
  • Three pitchers were needed to record three outs.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 20 June 2026
  • Matz finished the fourth and recorded the first two outs of the fifth.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The defense recorded six sacks and forced two turnovers.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Abreu has recorded four steals on five attempts.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Trout has recorded five steals on five attempts.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • Trout has recorded five steals on five attempts.
    Data Skrive, New York Times, 15 May 2026
  • Elvis balked about recording the oversexed song.
    Kim Willis, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
  • At this time last year, the city had recorded 5 traffic deaths.
    Kendrick Calfee february 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Could Swift be recording a new song for the soundtrack?
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 30 May 2026
  • Wacha recorded 52 swings and 11 whiffs in the start.
    Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Not long after, someone asked Pearl to record a video for him.
    Steve Hartman, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Our lives are always recording.
    Ilana Kaplan, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Eight of Chicago’s nine starters recorded a hit.
    Kansas City Star, 27 June 2026
  • Water levels were close to record low at just 28% full.
    Pete McBride, Time, 27 Feb. 2026
  • No injuries have been recorded.
    News Editor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025

record

2 of 3 noun
  • But her record isn’t squeaky clean.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Look at their past, look at their record.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Four home runs in a game tied a school record.
    Tim Willert, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
  • That record gives the next part of the pitch its force.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 12 June 2026
  • That record is easy to throw on a graphic.
    C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • And the hottest winter of record.
    Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2026
  • His records were starting to be played.
    Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • None wanted to speak on the record.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Foothill is in third place with a 3-5 league record.
    Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 25 Apr. 2026
  • That has to be a record for the youngest offense.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Wilson has claimed the award a record fourth time.
    Russell Lewis, NPR, 21 Sep. 2025
  • The agents set out to find a record of this visit.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • There’s a tension on the record, though, right?
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But records show a bank sold the home to Yu last year.
    Tim McNicholas, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The court records did not say why the case was dismissed.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
  • For the record, there’s precedent for this sort of thing.
    Kevin Sherrington feb. 4, Dallas Morning News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Court records show that the victim was 9 years old.
    Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2026
  • FlightAware has a record of the delay.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Instead, the Dow closed at a record.
    Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Iowa State won a school-record 11 games last year.
    Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025
  • But only Jiménez had the courage to go on the record.
    Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The record high for the day is 92 degrees.
    Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • What is my thing for my own personal records?
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 1 May 2026
  • Court records show that Woods entered a not guilty plea.
    Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • None of that was reflected in his birth records.
    Amelia Mugavero, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the tanks were lost from both memory and records.
    Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Most people know the first two records inside and out.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Andrews holds the record as of this writing.
    Karen Weintraub, USA Today, 3 May 2026
  • This wasn’t about money (there was none) or record deals (there would be none).
    Jeff Pearlman, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Jail records show he is being held without bond.
    Stepheny Price , Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 2 May 2026

record

3 of 3 adjective
  • One was the record low mortgage rates at the time.
    Allison Schrager, Twin Cities, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Florida is in the grip of a record drought.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Both indexes closed at record highs to kick off the week.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Even the Southwest may see an end to the record heat streaks.
    Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 26 July 2023
  • Two years ago, the city saw a record number of homicides.
    Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Challenging in a time of record low turnouts.
    Agustino Fontevecchia, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • All three launches were record breaking.
    Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • With a record eight nods, Ninajirachi leads the way.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Apple has been near record highs going into the event.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 June 2026
  • Some parts of Minnesota could reach record highs.
    Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Across the country, book banning efforts are at record highs.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023
  • What could be a record Aztec crowd will include many students from area schools.
    Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The wait was worth it with a record 31 lead changes among a record 15 leaders.
    ABC News, 31 May 2026
  • Tech stocks, which had been leading the market to record highs got battered by the spike in yields.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 17 May 2026
  • Scientists said the record journey shows just how far humpback whales can go.
    ABC News, 19 May 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 1 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 Feb. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This marked a record 94th orbital launch for 2025.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2026

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