How to Use respective in a Sentence

respective

adjective

• All three are at the top of their respective games.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 16 Sep. 2025
• All three have served in their respective nations’ air forces.
  — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 July 2026
• Spent some time on video call with each to learn about their respective journeys.
  — James Varsallone, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026
• Both are set to rule their respective nations.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026
• Here’s where each airport ranked on their respective lists.
  — Jake Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Sep. 2025
• Both play center fied for their respective teams.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
• Both were standout bows in their respective years.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
• Both runners placed fifth in their respective races.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026
• Both teams had players rush to the scene off their respective benches.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 28 July 2026
• Both parties pleaded not guilty to all of their respective charges.
  — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
• The car-line names appear only once, and that's on the respective hatch lids.
  — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2023
• Both drew their respective opening games, leaving them with one point each.
  — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 18 June 2026
• All three were missed at their respective positions last year and have been cleared to play this fall.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2022
• The two men, in their respective corners, stared each other down.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
• What was the audition process like for your respective shows?
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024
• Lines testing six or 10 pounds are bumped up to the next respective line class.
  — Tom Opre, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
• On top of this, the students practice their respective trades.
  — Emma Green, New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2026
• But on the whole, this season has been lighter on the crazy than at this respective stage of the first two seasons.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
• Two of the biggest names in their respective fields not only share a cause, but a byline.
  — CBS News, 3 Mar. 2022
• The pair reached in for a hug and chatted briefly before going back to their respective groups.
  — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 11 June 2026
• All of the branches would take on the names of their respective divisions.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 16 Jan. 2025
• This is the fourth year in a row that those cities have cemented their respective places on the top 3.
  — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
• The holiday both starts and ends at sunset on the respective days.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• However, the pair has also butted heads in the past with their respective styles.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
• Brown is a better player, at this stage of their respective careers, for sure.
  — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
• Sewell and Kavanagh are both the first women in their respective roles.
  — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
• Both sides can stake a claim as the better team, and few folks outside the respective fan bases want this matchup to end.
  — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 3 May 2025
• Some are stuck in contracts and may have a harder time leaving than their respective clients.
  — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
• Both endorsed the other in their respective races up until that point.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Dec. 2023
• The two checked in with their respective friend groups and then spent two to three hours getting to know each other over wings.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024